IT’S more than three years since BBC weather presenter Dianne Oxberry lost her life to ovarian cancer.
She died at The Christie just days after her diagnosis.
Now, as World Ovarian Cancer Day falls today, her family and friends are launching an awareness campaign to “give other families more time than we had with Dianne”.
Dianne was best known for her time as a long-serving broadcaster on BBC North West Tonight and lived in Sale with her husband and two children.
Fans and fellow presenters alike were left heartbroken when she died in January 2019, with tributes flooding in from across the region.
Now her friends and family have launched the Spread the Word campaign, targeting people across the northwest in the hope of improving awareness that will lead to people being diagnosed earlier.
There are 3.7 million women in the northwest and 940,000 of them are in the highest risk group when it comes to ovarian cancer.
If detected early, survival rates of women with ovarian cancer increase significantly, but sadly, the symptoms are often mistaken for other less serious conditions or ignored, meaning when people finally do seek medical advice, it is often too late.
Esta historia es de la edición May 08, 2022 de MEN on Sunday.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor ? Conectar
Esta historia es de la edición May 08, 2022 de MEN on Sunday.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor? Conectar
Bethell relishing Old Trafford T20 decider
JACOB Bethell was pleased to get down to business for England after admitting he struggled to shut out the external noise during a low-key international debut.
Is this turning point that boss so badly needs?
Victory buys Ten Hag breathing space, but now United must capitalise on it
Food for thought for the Insta diners
Why we need to disconnect from our phones for the best eating out experience
'It would normally be packed but now! it's a GHOST TOWN'
Traders warn they won't survive the loss of spaces after water company closed car park
Man used trafficked woman to make more than £100k
A MAN profited from the exploitation of a vulnerable woman to the tune of more than £100,000.
'You imagine there would be a lot of barking but it was silent?
The devastating Manchester Dogs Home fire ten years on
Couple's home hit by car for THIRD time
Pair forced to evacuate property
Shopkeeper faces £20k costs to undo changes he made
Business owner was refused permission for work already done
Disorder'more anti-government than racism'
Barrister makes claim as thug who attacked bus during trouble outside hotel housing asylum seekers jailed
'There's no characters left'
Traders and customers' sadness as shutters come down on market for final time