Australia’s PM Comments On Kylie Minogue Cancer

Australia’s Prime Minister, John Howard, said all Australians felt shocked and saddened at hearing the news that Kylie Minogue has breast cancer. Howard said the diagnosis could help serve as a reminder it could happen to anyone. “A young woman, Kylie Minogue, any young woman of that age to be diagnosed with that condition – it does send a shudder through you,” he told Southern Cross radio in Brisbane. “It happens to a lot of young women – it’s a reminder because it’s a high-profile person, just how wide is the incidence of breast cancer among young women, and it just reinforces the need for women from a very early age to take all the precautions in the world to detect the condition in its early stages.”