Show will go on as brave actress gets the all-clear (From Worcester News)

Show will go on as brave actress gets the all-clear

1:30pm Thursday 29th October 2009 in Breast Unit Appeal

AFTER an agonising wait to find out if she had breast cancer a Worcester teenager has been given the all-clear.

Anna-Julia Grinnell, aged 16, found a lump last month but learnt earlier this week that it was in fact scar tissue.

The aspiring actress, who is backing a £2.5 million appeal to build a dedicated centre for breast cancer sufferers, can now concentrate of making her professional stage debut in the Swan Theatre pantomime Dick Whittington at Christmas.

It has been a difficult year for the former Bishop Perowne CE College student who discovered a lump by chance. After a needle biopsy and ultrasound scan, consultants decided the best route was the remove the lump entirely and she underwent surgery in August. It was while recovering from surgery that Anna-Julia found the second lump.

The teenager has already pledged to support a campaign to raise money for the new breast unit at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

The centre, which your Worcester News is also backing, would consist of a examination rooms, consulting rooms, mammography rooms, a radiological reporting area, theatres for ultrasound and minor or local anaesthetic procedures, counselling rooms for reflection and discussion, a prosthesis fitting room, and a garden for patients and visitors.

Almost 500 people in Worcestershire are diagnosed with breast cancer every year and it estimated there will be 6,000 out-patient appointments annually in the new unit.

About one in three women will see a breast specialist at some point in their life.

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