Broadcaster Joan Bakewell opens up about colon cancer diagnosis, picked up ... trends now
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Distinguished broadcaster Joan Bakewell has been diagnosed with colon cancer, she revealed today.
Baroness Bakewell, 89, is undergoing treatment and was operated on prior to Christmas after her cancer was detected during a routine examination.
She said: 'I've recovered from that (surgery). I'm feeling fine, and the chemotherapy is a mopping-up operation to make sure it doesn't come back.'
The English journalist and television presenter, who has in the past spoken movingly about how powerless she felt when her sister was dying from breast cancer aged 58, said she's feeling positive about her prognosis.
'I've always been optimistic because I caught this cancer early on, and within a week I was in hospital having an operation,' she said.
She's continued working throughout her health battle, including on a new series of Landscape Artist of the Year, which
