Coronation Street star Victoria Ekanoye makes breast cancer plea after health battle

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Victoria Ekanoye has bravely opened up about her fight against cancer in a bid to raise awareness. The former Coronation Street star, known for her role as Angie Appleton, discovered a lump in her breast not long after welcoming her son, Theo, in 2021.

Despite a history of cancer in her family, initial medical checks reassured her that all was well. However, Victoria's intuition told her otherwise, leading to the discovery of a second lump. "It was definitely a period of time where a million other things were going on in my mind," the 43-year-old told the Mirror in an exclusive interview. "I didn't even I didn't want to think about it being breast cancer. "I remember being on set for Death in Paradise and I was just adjusting my microphone, because they put it on different parts of your clothing to kind of obscure it, and I was just adjusting my mic, and I felt a second lump in the same breast. "I was obviously scared but also really angry at that moment because I just thought, 'Well, what position am I in now?

Do I go back, or is it just more of what they think?' "Because they thought it was maybe mastitis and calcification due to blocked milk ducts and things like that.

So, I just had to kind of take myself off into room and just have a chat with myself or a pep talk and be like, 'Look, there's nothing you can do about it right now. "You're here to do a job.