‘It’s been rough,’ says Brenda Edwards as she discusses shock breast cancer diagnosis and lasting side effects

BRENDA Edwards has discussed the shock she felt after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and the lasting side effects she deals with each day.

The 55-year-old Loose Women and musical theatre star rose to fame in 2005 after finishing fourth on The X Factor, but ten years later she received a diagnosis she hadn’t seen coming.