Taslima cleared of cancer scare

Writer Taslima Nasreen can now breathe easy as a biopsy report has confirmed that she is not suffering from cancer. A hospital at Manhattan in New York City diagnosed her with breast tumours after she had checked into it with cough and cold. Doctors had found the tumours ‘quite big’ and advised her biopsy to check on possible malignancy. Taslima recently tweeted about her cancer worries. She appeared a little upset as her mother had died of cancer and a brother is undergoing treatment for cancer in New York. She reportedly told her relatives that she would continue her work without any worries now after declaring that the tumours were ‘benign’ – not cancerous. Taslima says she feels like having a new life. “I feel like having a new life. Will be active 24 hours,” the feminist writer said. She also expressed her heartfelt thanks to everyone who expressed good wishes for her, according to bdnews24.com.