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| Bobby Moncur reveals oesophageal cancer | Bobby Moncur reveals oesophageal cancer |
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| Former Newcastle and Scotland football captain Bobby Moncur has revealed he is recovering from oesophageal cancer. | Former Newcastle and Scotland football captain Bobby Moncur has revealed he is recovering from oesophageal cancer. |
| The footballer was diagnosed in January while being monitored after surgery for bowel cancer in 2007. | The footballer was diagnosed in January while being monitored after surgery for bowel cancer in 2007. |
| The rates of cancer of the oesophagus in the north of England are among the highest in the world. | The rates of cancer of the oesophagus in the north of England are among the highest in the world. |
| Mr Moncur, who also played for Sunderland AFC and Carlisle United as well as managing the Cumbrians, Hartlepool United, Hearts and Plymouth, said he considered himself "lucky" despite having cancer twice. | |
| Speaking exclusively to BBC health reporter Sharon Barbour, he said surgeons who had treated him at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead had noticed changes to the lining of his oesophagus, or food pipe. | Speaking exclusively to BBC health reporter Sharon Barbour, he said surgeons who had treated him at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead had noticed changes to the lining of his oesophagus, or food pipe. |
| The condition, called Barrett's oesophagus, can lead to cancer. | The condition, called Barrett's oesophagus, can lead to cancer. |
| "I'm lucky," Mr Moncur said. "I know I've had cancer twice but I'm lucky because I've been treated by the right people and it was found early enough." | "I'm lucky," Mr Moncur said. "I know I've had cancer twice but I'm lucky because I've been treated by the right people and it was found early enough." |
| In January Prof Mike Griffin, from the Northern Oesophago-Gastric Unit at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary, operated on him for eight hours to remove part of his oesophagus and a large cancerous area. | In January Prof Mike Griffin, from the Northern Oesophago-Gastric Unit at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary, operated on him for eight hours to remove part of his oesophagus and a large cancerous area. |
| "Bobby in some respects was fortunate that he was on the surveillance programme so that we picked this up just as it developed into a cancer," he said. | "Bobby in some respects was fortunate that he was on the surveillance programme so that we picked this up just as it developed into a cancer," he said. |
| Oesophageal cancer symptoms | Oesophageal cancer symptoms |
| The region's rate of oesophageal cancer is partly explained by its high level of obesity, Prof Griffin said. | The region's rate of oesophageal cancer is partly explained by its high level of obesity, Prof Griffin said. |
| "If we have a high incidence of obesity we will have a high incidence of reflux; if we have a high incidence of reflux that causes a change in the lining of the oesophagus called Barrett's oesophagus which is pre-malignant. | "If we have a high incidence of obesity we will have a high incidence of reflux; if we have a high incidence of reflux that causes a change in the lining of the oesophagus called Barrett's oesophagus which is pre-malignant. |
| "And it is that cascade of events that gives rise to cancer." | "And it is that cascade of events that gives rise to cancer." |