5 h. ago Terminal cancer patient wins apology from health board after she was told of condition 'without any thought'

Samantha Robinson-Byrne, 54, said her life was 'destroyed' after a nurse told her she had an inoperable tumour during a short phone call last July.

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59 h. ago Wellness blogger Belle Gibson lied about having cancer. Years later, Australia is still chasing her

The consumer watchdog in the Australian state of Victoria said this week it's still pursuing the disgraced wellness influencer Belle Gibson, who lied about having terminal brain cancer and curing it through healthy living, for the hefty fines she was ordered to pay in 2017

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3 d. ago Veteran Neighbours star Ian Smith, 86, reveals how long he has to live

Ian Smith has revealed he has only a short while to live after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer last year.

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4 d. ago I was hit with terminal breast cancer at 38 after suffering little

Laura Wharam, 38, assumed that she was just feeling a bit under the weather - but it was breast cancer that spread to her lungs, liver and bones.

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5 d. ago 'Drunken' behaviour was telltale sign of deadliest cancer in woman, 22, given 2 months to live

Jade Collett was only 22 when she experienced a strange symptom on a night out. Her friends assumed she was just too drunk - until it turned out to be a bizarre terminal cancer symptom.

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6 d. ago Neighbours' Harold Bishop star Ian Smith, 86, admits he thought he'd be 'stronger' as he recalls collapsing after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer

Neighbours star Ian Smith has recalled the moment he collapsed after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, admitting that he thought he'd be 'stronger'.

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6 d. ago Neighbours' Harold Bishop star Ian Smith, 86, admits he thought he'd 'stronger' as he recalls collapsing after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer

Neighbours star Ian Smith has recalled the moment he collapsed after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, admitting that he thought he'd be 'stronger'.

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6 d. ago Neighbours star Ian Smith says he’s ‘glad’ he decided to abandon voluntary assisted dying plan

TV star, who played Ramsay Street stalwart Harold Bishop for 37 years, was diagnosed with terminal cancer last year

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6 d. ago ‘Dying changes you. I’m more understanding now’: Ian Smith on cancer, celebrity – and 40 years on Neighbours

As the show’s beloved star Harold Bishop, Smith has seen actors from Margot Robbie to Guy Pearce come and go. Offscreen, he has battled grief, finding out he was adopted in his 50s and now a terminal diagnosis. Here, he reflects on a remarkable lifeFor a man who was supposed to be dead next month, Ian Smith looks good. Astoundingly good: huge smile, glowing skin, that famous wobbly chin. There is only one visible clue that he has terminal cancer: a freshly shaved head, over which he frequently rubs his hand. Chemotherapy left him with “an awful half shaggy, half bald look”, so he buzzed it all off. “First time I’ve been bald since I was a baby,” he says, happily. “Apart from no hair, you can’t tell I’m sick at all.”Smith is among Australia’s most recognisable actors, although you may not know him by his name. Charlie Brooker once described him as “probably the friendliest face on television – a cross between 10 Toytown mayors and a baby”. Perhaps you know him as Harold Bishop from N...

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