Lauren Mahon | |
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| Born | Lauren Stacey Mahon 2 May 1985 Hammersmith, London, England |
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| Known for | You, Me and the Big C |
Lauren Stacey Mahon (born 2 May 1985)[1][2] is a British cancer activist and founder of Girls vs Cancer, an online community raising awareness and supporting cancer patients.[3][4][5] She was named in the BBC 100 Women in 2019.
Life and career[edit]
Mahon was diagnosed with grade three breast cancer in 2016 and thought she was going to die because she misunderstood grade three cancer for stage four cancer, which is an advanced cancer.[6] While being treated for cancer, she searched the internet to find people with a similar condition but could not. She then created a blog, Girls vs Cancer, where she shared her cancer experience and designed T-shirts to create awareness.[7] Later she became a co-host of BBC podcast You, Me and the Big C sharing her cancer story in a comic manner. After co-hosts Rachael Bland and Deborah James respectively died of cancer in 2018 and 2022, Mahon became the podcast's sole surviving original host. Mahon was named in the 2019 BBC 100 Women.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Chapter 37". Instagram. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Lauren Stacey MAHON". FreeBMD. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Fleet, Holly (11 November 2020). "BBC presenter Lauren Mahon details misunderstanding as she got cancer news 'I didn't know'". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Murray, Megan (24 February 2020). "Lauren Mahon's cancer story to be made into TV programme". Stylist. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Lauren Mahon – My Womb Story". www.bodyform.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Novak, Taylor (19 April 2021). "Lauren Mahon vs. Cancer". Cancer Wellness. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Can you find love after cancer? Lauren Mahon on loss, lust and first dates". the Guardian. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Chandler-Wilde, Helen (29 August 2020). "Lauren Mahon: 'Getting breast cancer in my 30s was bad enough – then they said I'd be infertile too'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 18 December 2021.