Cancer fears

THE average woman has a one-in-three chance of developing breast cancer.

But former Liberty X singer, Michelle Heaton, has just discovered that on top of those frightening odds she has a much higher chance of contracting the disease and may need to undergo radical surgery as a preventative measure.

In an interview with OK! magazine the 33-year-old (who has a baby daughter, Faith, with husband Hugh Hanley) says she was devastated by the news that she has inherited a gene that makes her more susceptible to cancer.