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The Independent UK
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Kate Ng

Victoria Derbyshire recalls her hair falling out after second chemo cycle: ‘I grabbed a clump’

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Victoria Derbyshire has reflected on her experience of chemotherapy and being “utterly horrified” when her hair began falling out in the shower.

The BBC presenter, 54, revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. She underwent chemotherapy and a mastectomy to remove the malignant tumour in her right breast.

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