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Ryan Paton & Liv Clarke

Ex-Coronation Street star Vicky Entwistle says husband's cancer diagnosis was 'worst nightmare'

Vicky Entwistle who played Janice Battersby on Coronation Street said her “world crumbled” when her husband was diagnosed with cancer. She portrayed the infamous character for 14 years and left the ITV show in 2010.

Next month the 54-year-old is set to host a Prostate Cancer UK Carol Concert at St George’s Hall in Liverpool. It’s cause which is close to Vicky’s heart as she became a supported of the charity after her husband Andy was diagnosed with the condition, the LiverpoolEcho reports.

She said: "When Andy was diagnosed, both our worlds started to crumble. We did not know a lot about prostate cancer, and hearing a diagnosis of the ‘Big C’ for their husband is any wife’s worst nightmare. During lockdown we went on walks together for hours, just thinking about our future and what we could do next.

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"Thanks to our wonderful NHS and all the information available through Prostate Cancer UK, we found the right path for Andy, he is now cancer free and recently celebrated his 60th in style. My message to men is that we love you and need you to stick around, so know your risk and consider speaking to your GP if you’re in a higher risk group.”

Prostate cancer is the most most common cancer in men and there over 6,100 people living with the condition in Liverpool. The concert will be held on December 8 and will feature songs from courtesy of The Bunker Boys and Liverpool Voice.

Vicky will co-host the event alongside Louise Minchin and Jenny Powell at the event. Louise has become involved in the charity in honour of her former co-presenter Bill Turnbull, who died from the condition last August.

She said: "He [Bill] took that brave decision to talk about his diagnosis with prostate cancer and it saved lives. Bill’s memory lives on through all the men in the UK who spoke to their GP about their risk and the many who received the appropriate tests and treatments."

Tickets for the concert are priced at £15 and all money will go to lifesaving research for Prostate Cancer UK.

For more information, and to purchase tickets, click here.

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