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What We Know Right Now About Kate Middleton's Cancer Diagnosis


The Princess of Wales said cancer was detected after her surgery earlier this year.

Chemotherapy is an un umbrella term for medication – administered by drip or via pill – meant to kill cancerous cells. According to the NHS website, chemo can cause some difficult side effects, though “many can be treated or prevented and most will pass once your treatment stops”. Dr Monica Avila of Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, told AP: “A patient can take anywhere from a few weeks to a month or two to recover from those effects.”

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