Joy Division collaborator fights cancer
Joy Division
Tony Wilson diagnosed with the disease
Joy Division collaborator Tony Wilson has been diagnosed with cancer.
Wilson is due to start a course of chemotherapy course at Manchester’s Christie Hospital immediately.
He said: “I wasn’t too upset when I was told the news. I just think you have to go with it and I see it as another step in life’s adventure.”
The disease was discovered during a routine visit to the doctor. Minutes into his check-up, the doctor identified that something was “seriously wrong” with his right lung.
After having the lung drained a scan revealed that his right kidney was “completely consumed” by cancer. It was removed and he is now set for two five-day treatments at the hospital, reports BBC News.
Wilson managed Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays. He launched Factory Records and the Hacienda nightclub in Manchester.
Wilson is due to start a course of chemotherapy course at Manchester’s Christie Hospital immediately.
He said: “I wasn’t too upset when I was told the news. I just think you have to go with it and I see it as another step in life’s adventure.”
The disease was discovered during a routine visit to the doctor. Minutes into his check-up, the doctor identified that something was “seriously wrong” with his right lung.
After having the lung drained a scan revealed that his right kidney was “completely consumed” by cancer. It was removed and he is now set for two five-day treatments at the hospital, reports BBC News.
Wilson managed Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays. He launched Factory Records and the Hacienda nightclub in Manchester.
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