- Best-selling novelist Jane Fallon has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is scheduled for surgery later this month.
- The 65-year-old writer, who is the long-term partner of comedian Ricky Gervais, shared the news on Instagram on Thursday.
- Fallon's diagnosis is an early stage with an excellent prognosis, discovered during a routine mammogram late last year despite her having no symptoms.
- She explained that a radiographer spotted something unusual, leading to further tests including more mammograms, biopsies, and an MRI.
- Fallon reassured her followers that she is receiving "incredible care" and is ready to get the treatment "over with".
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