Overview

• Olivia Williams has revealed she will never be cancer-free due to years of misdiagnoses that delayed her pancreatic cancer diagnosis until 2018.
• Her rare VIPoma tumor metastasized, leading to multiple surgeries and ongoing treatments, including targeted internal radiotherapy with Lutathera.
• The treatment leaves Williams temporarily radioactive, requiring isolation, and has not prevented the continued appearance of new metastases.
• She is now an ambassador for Pancreatic Cancer UK, using her platform to push for a low-cost, early detection test to improve survival rates for others.
• Pancreatic cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers, with 25% of patients dying within a month of diagnosis and survival rates stagnant for decades.