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Sunrise's Edwina Bartholomew gives emotional update on her 'life-changing' cancer battle and shares plans to cut down on TV work amid new role rumours


The Sunrise star, 41, revealed that she had been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) - a type of blood and bone marrow cancer - live on air in September.

The Sunrise star, 41, revealed that she had been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) - a type of blood and bone marrow cancer - live on air in September Amid rumours that she is taking on a new role in Seven's newsroom, Edwina told how she can no longer do the 3am starts on Sunrise and is focusing on her family - her husband Neil Varcoe and their kids Molly, four, and Tom, two While treatment is largely dependent on the phase of the disease, age and health, most patients will be treated for CML with drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).

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