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| Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer | Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer |
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| Author Iain Banks has revealed that he has late stage cancer and is unlikely to live for more than a year. | |
| The Scottish writer posted a message on his official website saying his next novel The Quarry, due to be published later this year, would be his last. | |
| The 59-year-old's novels include The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road, Complicity and the Culture series. | |
| The statement said his health problems came to light when he saw his doctor, suffering from a sore back. | The statement said his health problems came to light when he saw his doctor, suffering from a sore back. |
| He was diagnosed with jaundice, before further tests established the full extent of his illness. | He was diagnosed with jaundice, before further tests established the full extent of his illness. |
| In the personal statement on his website, Banks said he had asked his partner Adele to marry him and was now on a short honeymoon. | |
| The 59-year-old, who lives in North Queensferry, has cancelled all future public engagements. | |
| He said: "The bottom line now, I'm afraid, is that as a late-stage gall bladder cancer patient, I'm expected to live for 'several months' and it's extremely unlikely I'll live beyond a year. | |
| "So it looks like my latest novel, The Quarry, will be my last." | |
| He said the disease had spread to both lobes of his liver, and possibly his pancreas and lymph nodes. | |
| He said there was little chance of surgeons being able to remove the tumours because of how far they had spread. | |
| He has asked his publishers to bring forward the publication of his new book to "give me a better chance of being around when it hits the shelves." | |
| Banks also praised NHS staff who have looked after him - and said he may undergo chemotherapy to extend his life when his jaundice clears up. |