Jade Goody, star of U.K. reality TV show Big Brother, has cancer of the cervix

Jade Goody is a reality TV star in the U.K.
www.channel4.com/bigbrother

Jade Goody — cancer of the cervix
Date of diagnosis: August 2008
Age at time of diagnosis: 27

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/cervical/

Charity Cancer Research U.K. said in a statement earlier this month that daily visits to its Web site had increased two- to three-fold since news of Goody’s illness was announced. “The publicity around Jade’s diagnosis has led many more people to ask questions and seek information about cervical cancer,” spokeswoman Emma Gilgunn-Jones said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090222/ap_on_en_tv/eu_britain_tv_star_cancer

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/02/22/jade.goody.wedding.cancer/index.html?section=cnn_latest

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