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Thousands of people in England who have the most advanced cancers are surviving for several years after diagnosis, according to new research.
Macmillan Cancer Support said it was down to new treatments but warned that living longer with advanced cancer can bring its own difficulties.
Emma Young, 39, was diagnosed with breast and bone cancer at 35.
"The not-knowing is the hardest, from scan to scan you don't know how it will be," she says.
"From the time you have the scan until you get the results is really hard - 'scanziety' is what we call it."
Her diagnosis in May 2014 was delayed after doctors misdiagnosed her symptoms. Days after being told she had breast cancer she was told it had spread to her bones.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41899203
Macmillan Cancer Support said it was down to new treatments but warned that living longer with advanced cancer can bring its own difficulties.
Emma Young, 39, was diagnosed with breast and bone cancer at 35.
"The not-knowing is the hardest, from scan to scan you don't know how it will be," she says.
"From the time you have the scan until you get the results is really hard - 'scanziety' is what we call it."
Her diagnosis in May 2014 was delayed after doctors misdiagnosed her symptoms. Days after being told she had breast cancer she was told it had spread to her bones.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41899203