Ewan McGregor, the 39 year old star of ‘Star Wars’ and more recently ‘Deception’, had a brush with skin cancer in 2008, when he had a check-up with a specialist for his moles. The fair-skinned actor reported in an interview with the BBC that it was recommended the moles be removed, a few of them were later found to be cancerous. McGregor said: "It's all good now. But it was something that was best to be looked at and kept in check."
According to Cancer Research UK, a staggering 1 in 3 people in the UK are directly affected by cancer. In fact the incidence of cancer has increased by 25% over the last 30 years. It’s easy to see how cancer is impacting on more and more people’s lives – and the treatment costs are rising accordingly.
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- specialist treatment units for breast, bowel and gynaecological cancers
- the UK's leading specialist consultants
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