Jennifer Finch died last week after chronicling her brain cancer battle. She was 59 and best known as L7's bassist. The band played large tours in the 1990s before their final gigs in the late 2000s. Finch had battled breast cancer before, winning that fight in 2015.

Former England football boss Kevin Keegan also left us aged 75. He played more than 600 top-flight games, then led Newcastle United and the full England side. Little has been made public about the precise diagnoses they faced.

In the meantime, NHS records point to stark gaps in leukaemia treatment at trusts across the country. One candidate lost a care job after a regular test found the condition. Cancer Research UK argues anonymised patient records could push research forward faster in studies.