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“One of the things we talk about is cancer within a team and how there are times when cancer can really affect a lot of things and it’s not curable and it spreads,” he said.

It's one of a range of treatment options available to people whose cancer has spread and is no longer curable, but a cancer charity said breast cancer drugs should be approved more quickly.

Leprosy is curable with a combination of different antibiotics, but if left untreated the patients' health can deteriorate with sores and nerve damage that cause deformities.

Because tuberculosis is curable in virtually all instances so long as the person is properly diagnosed and able to receive and complete the correct treatment for the strain they have.

"The thing about bowel cancer is that when it's diagnosed at its earlier stages it is treatable and curable and most people will survive that diagnosis - so it could be life-saving."