'Cancer is riddled through my family' - Lioness England

England and Tottenham striker Bethany England said "cancer is riddled through" her family as she backed a charity event raising funds for new treatments.The Tottenham captain also lost her grandad to skin cancer and her great-grandmother died of throat cancer.Her two grandmothers are survivors of the disease, while another aunt also had breast cancer.

"That gave her a few more years of life but sadly, in the end, her body rejected what mum had given her. It was really sad to see my mum go through losing her sister after everything she'd done to try to help save her life."Tottenham team-mate Kit Graham also revealed her sister Kelli had been diagnosed with a rare cancer at 24.

More than 375,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK, according to Cancer Research UK.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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