Jennifer Finch died last week after publicly sharing her brain cancer battle. She was 59 and widely recognised as L7's bassist. The band toured extensively in the 1990s before their final gigs in the late 2000s. Finch had faced breast cancer previously, beating the disease in 2015.

Former England football boss Kevin Keegan also left us aged 75. He played hundreds of league matches, then managed Newcastle and the full England side. Few details have emerged about the precise diagnoses they faced.

Meantime, NHS records point to sharp differences in leukaemia treatment across hospitals nationwide. One applicant lost a care job after a regular test found the condition. Cancer Research UK argues de-identified records could push research forward faster in studies.