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Alex Kingston Reveals 2024 Uterine Cancer and Recovery While Competing on Strictly

She says sharing her experience is meant to prompt women to seek checks for persistent or unusual symptoms.

Overview

  • In an interview published Friday, the 62-year-old told The Independent she underwent a hysterectomy followed by radiation therapy and completed treatment late last year.
  • She had attributed long-running bloating and aches to ageing before a haemorrhage on stage during The Other Boleyn Girl at Chichester Festival Theatre in summer 2024 led to further tests.
  • Doctors found cancer in her fallopian tubes and confirmed it had not spread to her ovaries.
  • Kingston says she felt like herself again after surgery and that the health scare informed her decision to join Strictly Come Dancing with partner Johannes Radebe.
  • Calling womb cancer “sneaky,” she urges prompt medical advice for unusual bleeding, pelvic pain or other concerning changes.