The Mayor of Liverpool Joanne Anderson has spoken out about her breast cancer fight.
Mayor Anderson was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year after a routine screening. She underwent surgery and has since undergone a course of radiotherapy.
Writing in a blog, the city leader said: "Returning home from work one evening in May, I opened a hospital letter, it was recalling me after my mammogram. I hadn’t thought much about the routine screening – after all, I didn’t have any symptoms.
