breast cancer

A DOG SITTER from Leigh is encouraging women to go for their mammograms - when they are invited - to help catch breast cancer early. Romanian-born Mihaela Atkinson, 52, from Leigh, was invited for her first mammogram in March. With her wife Sue working at Manchester NHS Foundation Trust in cancer trials, Mihaela knew how important it was to take up the screening. Mihaela Atkinson wants to demystify mammograms and get more women - including lesbian and Romanian women - to talk about them. Mihaela, a rocker and keen cyclist who runs her own [...]