'My incurable cancer was mistaken for menopause'

When women have cancer symptoms dismissed, no wonder they turn to toxic ‘wellness’

Cancer cases are on the rise in young people but misdiagnosis remains an issue, with everything from anxiety to menopause named as the culprit. Helen Coffey investigates why women in particular are more at risk of having their pain overlooked – and whether mistrust in medicine is leading to the surge in patients turning to dangerous ‘alternative’ treatments

'My incurable cancer was mistaken for menopause'

A woman whose incurable cancer was initially misdiagnosed as menopause is urging doctors and patients to spot the potentially life-threatening symptoms before it is too late.Louise Greenbank, 49, from Uddington, South Lanarkshire, visited her GP surgery three times in the span of just two months with rib pain so severe she ended up in A&E.Ms Greenbank, who said the pain felt like someone was “knocking on her bones from the inside” was also suffe…