When she announced her cancer, Duchess Kate said she was now receiving “preventative chemotherapy.” What that means and what it says about the 42-year-old’s health.
Duchess Kate has cancer. The wife of the heir to the British throne, William, has now announced this after a long period of speculation about her health. After an abdominal operation, which was initially not thought to be a tumor, cancer was discovered, the visibly shaken Kate announced in a video message on Friday. She is now receiving “preventative chemotherapy”. Since then, doctors have been puzzling over what this term could mean. There are different types of chemotherapy, but preventive chemotherapy is not actually one of them.