Jennifer Finch died last week after chronicling her brain cancer battle. She was 59 and best known as L7's bassist. The band played large tours in the 1990s before their final gigs in the late 2000s. Finch had faced breast cancer previously, beating the disease in 2015.

Former England football boss Kevin Keegan also died aged 75. He played hundreds of league matches, then managed Newcastle and the full England side. Little has been made public about the exact illnesses they faced.

Meanwhile, NHS records point to stark gaps in leukaemia treatment at hospitals up and down the UK. One candidate lost a care job after a regular test found the condition. Cancer Research UK argues anonymised patient records could speed breakthroughs in studies.