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| Jade Goody 'has months to live' | Jade Goody 'has months to live' |
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| Jade Goody has been told she has only months to live, her publicist Max Clifford has said. | Jade Goody has been told she has only months to live, her publicist Max Clifford has said. |
| Mr Clifford said doctors at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London broke the news to the former reality television star on Friday. | Mr Clifford said doctors at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London broke the news to the former reality television star on Friday. |
| The mother-of-two is now getting her affairs in order and making plans for her sons' future, he added. | The mother-of-two is now getting her affairs in order and making plans for her sons' future, he added. |
| Last week Goody underwent a successful operation to remove a cancerous tumour from her bowel. | Last week Goody underwent a successful operation to remove a cancerous tumour from her bowel. |
| Mr Clifford said: "She was aware that the cancer had spread but they said unfortunately it was a question now of when rather than if and when she pressed them as to how long she'd got, they said 'months'." | Mr Clifford said: "She was aware that the cancer had spread but they said unfortunately it was a question now of when rather than if and when she pressed them as to how long she'd got, they said 'months'." |
| The 27-year-old learned last week that cervical cancer diagnosed in 2008 had spread to her bowel, liver and groin. | The 27-year-old learned last week that cervical cancer diagnosed in 2008 had spread to her bowel, liver and groin. |
| She's being incredibly brave and positive about all of this Max Clifford on Jade Goody | |
| Mr Clifford said her family were trying to cope after finding out her cancer had become terminal. | |
| He also said Goody's boyfriend Jack Tweed had proposed to her in hospital after receiving the news. | |
| "It's been very difficult for Jack, he proposed to her yesterday and they are going to be getting married as soon as possible," said Mr Clifford. | |
| "Both boys are going to be christened also, Jade is taking control of the situation. | |
| "She's being incredibly brave and positive about all of this." | |
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| He said Goody would have to explain to her children - Freddy, aged five and four-year-old Bobby - the severity of her condition. | |
| Mr Clifford added that Goody was hoping to spend a few days away from the Royal Marsden to next week to be at her Essex home with her family. | |
| Goody is understood to have been receiving an experimental drug to fight her illness. | Goody is understood to have been receiving an experimental drug to fight her illness. |
| Topotecan, which is still being tested in the UK, has been used in cases when patients have not responded to other medicines. | Topotecan, which is still being tested in the UK, has been used in cases when patients have not responded to other medicines. |
| Goody has already undergone chemotherapy to combat the disease. | Goody has already undergone chemotherapy to combat the disease. |
| Speaking after surgery on 6 February, she said: "The hard truth is I'd be dead if they hadn't cleared the blockage in my bowel. | Speaking after surgery on 6 February, she said: "The hard truth is I'd be dead if they hadn't cleared the blockage in my bowel. |
| "The tumour made me constipated and caused my body to start bloating. | "The tumour made me constipated and caused my body to start bloating. |
| My biggest fear was that I would have to have a colostomy bag." | My biggest fear was that I would have to have a colostomy bag." |
| Goody has continued to appear on television and speak to the press throughout her treatment. | Goody has continued to appear on television and speak to the press throughout her treatment. |