Jade Goody has cancer
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Jade Goody has cervical cancer.
The star was told the devastating news as she appeared on Indian reality TV show 'Big Boss', a version of 'Big Brother'.
Jade, 27, was called into the Diary Room and given her diagnosis over the phone by her agent and her medical consultant in the UK.
After leaving the Diary Room, the mother-of-two broke down in hysterics as she told her fellow housemates "I have cancer".
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Jade - who underwent medical tests earlier this month after collapsing on four separate occasions - has left the programme and is now being flown home to receive immediate medical treatment. She is expected to arrive in the UK tonight (19.08.08).
Her spokesman said: "She went for tests and results have come back and shown she has cancer of the womb. It looks like it is at an early stage but we will have to wait until she gets back to Britain and sees a specialist and has more tests. This is a massive blow her."
The scenes were not aired live, and will not be shown on Indian television.
Jade had agreed to appear on 'Big Boss' in a bid to make amends for her alleged racist bullying of Indian actress Shilpa Shetty on the 2007 series of 'Celebrity Big Brother'.
The reality TV star - who has two sons, Bobby Jack, five, and three-year-old Freddie, from her relationship with TV presenter Jeff Brazier - has had three previous cancer scares.
In 2006, she was tested for bowel cancer, while in 2004 they were fears she could have ovarian cancer. She was given the all-clear on both occasions.
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