Kate Middleton says her cancer is in remission. What the Princess of Wales has said about her health journey.

Kate Middleton says her cancer is in remission. What the Princess of Wales has said about her health journey.

Less than a year after royal officials announced that she would be undergoing preventative chemotherapy treatments following an unspecified cancer diagnosis, the former Kate Middleton has released a statement sharing that she is in remission and focused “on recovery.”

“As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal,” the princess, who shares children Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, with husband Prince William, wrote in a message posted on social media Tuesday. “I am however looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead. There is much to look forward to. Thank you to everyone for your continued support.”

“In remission,” according to the Cleveland Clinic, refers to when treatment has reduced or eliminated any signs of cancer.

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Kate’s announcement coincided with her visit to the Royal Marsden, the U.K. hospital where she underwent chemotherapy treatments. She and Prince William will be joint patrons of the hospital.

Though Kate has kept much of her health journey private, the princess has shared several updates about her experience over the past year. Here’s what she’s said.

March 22, 2024: Kate shares cancer diagnosis

After weeks of speculation following a brief disappearance from the public eye, the Princess of Wales opened up about her health in a video shared on social media. She shared that a “major abdominal surgery” she underwent in January, while successful, revealed that “cancer had been present.”

“My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy, and I am now in the early stages of that treatment,” she said.

The royal family did not disclose the details of Kate’s treatment. Dr. Ginger Gardner, a gynecological oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, previously told Yahoo Life that “preventative chemotherapy isn’t so much a technical term — it’s a lay term — and it’s more akin to adjuvant treatment, meaning ‘additional.’” It may, she explained, mean administering additional chemotherapy after a tumor has been removed or destroyed by radiation therapy to reduce the risk of cancer returning.

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