Gwyneth Strong was born on December 2, 1959 in London, England.
Gwyneth Strong was bornon December 02, 1959 in London, England, United Kingdom, is Actress, Soundtrack. Gwyneth Strong (born 2 December 1959) is an English actress. Treatment options for the disease include surgery and chemotherapy.To improve survival rates, Ovarian Cancer Action now wants to develop a screening tool that will detect pre-cancerous cells which can be treated before they develop into ovarian cancer, a move which Gwyneth, a patron of the charity for the past 11 years, describes as “a very big step forward”.“I remember my mum had been ill for some time. She’d been getting lower back pain on and off, had been very tired and had been complaining of having a bloated stomach.“Although I’m a grandmother myself, I still miss my mum every day and so wish she was still with us to share big family moments,” says Gwyneth, 58, who is still best known for her role as the long-suffering Cassandra in BBC sitcom Only Fools And Horses.BRCA (breast cancer) gene mutation carriers do better on standard platinum chemotherapy treatments and tend to have longer periods of time between the disease recurring, than women with non-hereditary ovarian cancer.”“I was working in a play at the Hampstead Theatre at the time,” explains Gwyneth, who is married to fellow actor Jesse Birdsall, 55, and lives in East Sussex.Sadly Mair passed away in 2000.Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynaecological cancer and the UK has one of the lowest survival rates in western Europe.About 7,400 women are diagnosed each year but 60 per cent of cases are not discovered until it has advanced to stage three.“I’m sure she would have been proud to watch my daughter Lottie, who is now 27, graduate from Cambridge University, and my son Oscar, who is 30 now and father to one-year-old twin boys.” It will be 20 years this summer since Gwyneth’s mum, who was 63 at the time and working as a secretary at the BBC, first began to complain about feeling tired.The chances of surviving the disease fall from 90 per cent if caught at stage one, to as low as five per cent by stage four, when the cancer has spread throughout the body.Recurrence is high and survival rates are poor. Sally Thornton(1 episode, 1991)Geraldine Clough(7 episodes, 2016)Denise Longden(3 episodes, 1999)Cicely Eglinton(1 episode, 1974)Madeleine Iverson / Tempe Iverson(1 episode, 1977)HoneyAnn / Elizabeth(2 episodes, 1975-1978)Kerwin's follower(1 episode, 1980)Jan / Jan Carter(12 episodes, 1977-1978)Margaret Collier / Elizabeth Brodie / Catherine Caldwell(3 episodes, 1995-2013)Cassandra Trotter / Cassandra Parry(21 episodes, 1989-2003)Patricia Denning(2 episodes, 1996)Sandra Petrie(2 episodes, 1977)Linda Thompson(3 episodes, 1992)Linda / Penny Shepherd / Anne / Carol(4 episodes, 1976-1984)Beverly Grabowski(6 episodes, 1985)Tina Kitson / Tina Fawcett(4 episodes, 1986)Janet Crossley / Janet(7 episodes, 1998-1999)
This bleak prognosis is partly due to the fact that women with ovarian cancer often have vague and fairly mild symptoms such as persistent stomach pain, bloating, difficulty eating and needing to urinate more frequently, which are often mistaken for other conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome.“It was a terrible shock to my younger two sisters (Catrin and Elian) too,” says Gwyneth. “My mum was a very strong woman, a very loving mother and we were all close. She has been married to … She is an actress, known for Only Fools and Horses.... (1981), In Love with Alma Cogan (2012) and EastEnders (1985). We made a point of always spending as much time with her as we could and trying to have some good moments together when she wasn’t having treatment or feeling too unwell. She has been married to Jesse Birdsall since July 15, 2000. This new class of drug, known as a PARP inhibitor, can delay the progression of the disease by up to two years.Another treatment in the pipeline is immunotherapy but this is not available to UK patients.“The doctors continued to treat her and she had further surgery and two cycles of chemotherapy. Unfortunately diagnosis and treatment are often delayed because GPs aren’t fully aware of the symptoms.