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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Annabel Nugent

Sky Sports host wrongly told cancer had returned after three-year scan

  • Sky Sports presenter Jo Wilson revealed she was wrongly informed in February that her cancer had returned, nearly three years after being given the all-clear.
  • Wilson, 41, endured five months of tests, scans, and uncertainty after being told her stage-three cervical cancer, diagnosed in July 2022, had recurred in a lymph node.
  • A consultant questioned the diagnosis, leading to further investigation, which ultimately confirmed the lymph node was a benign neuroma, not cancer.
  • Wilson described the emotional toll of believing her cancer had returned, despite maintaining a public facade of normalcy during this period.
  • She shared her story to highlight the ongoing fear of recurrence for cancer survivors, the often-incomplete reality portrayed on social media, and to advocate for kindness.

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Sky Sports presenter reveals she was incorrectly diagnosed with cancer after being given the ‘all-clear’ years earlier

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