Jennifer Finch died last week after chronicling her brain cancer battle. She was 59 and remembered as L7's bassist. The band played large tours in the 1990s before their final gigs in the late 2000s. Finch had battled breast cancer before, coming through it in 2015.
Former England football boss Kevin Keegan also passed away aged 75. He played more than 600 top-flight games, then managed Newcastle and the full England side. Little has been made public about the exact illnesses they faced.
Meantime, NHS records point to sharp differences in leukaemia treatment at hospitals up and down the UK. One candidate lost a care job after a routine check found the condition. Cancer Research UK argues anonymised data sets could accelerate progress in studies.