{"id":567229,"date":"2026-07-25T07:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567229\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:31:11","slug":"former-coronation-street-star-tracy-shaw-shares-tearful-cancer-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567229\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Coronation Street star Tracy Shaw shares tearful cancer update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Coronation Street actress Tracy Shaw has shared a tearful update about her breast cancer, saying surgery is not currently possible as her tumours have not shrunk in size.<\/p>\n<p>The actress and singer, 52, revealed she was diagnosed with the disease in April and has since shared regular updates on social media, including what she is facing during her rounds of chemotherapy.<\/p>\n<p>Shaw, best known for starring as Maxine Peacock in the long-running ITV soap, posted an emotional video to Instagram on Thursday after her latest ultrasound scan.<\/p>\n<p>The soap star shared a video while leaving hospital, and said: \u201cAs I told you all, I had my ultrasounds today to find out if (my) lesions had shrunk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also needed to check a lump that I\u2019d found on the other breast, the right breast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shaw said her \u201cgood news\u201d was that the lumps she found \u201care all cysts\u201d, but revealed the treatment to shrink the lesions on her left breast was not as successful as she had hoped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought they\u2019d shrunk but basically they\u2019ve gone from being circular to oval, but not really shrunk in size. I don\u2019t know what I was expecting,\u201d the actress said.<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cI think I\u2019m just expecting some results of what I felt. What the body has had to go through to\u2026 I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe a few more rounds will be all it takes but I know they can\u2019t operate until they shrink it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I thought I would give you a live update this time. I was just expecting some\u2026 miraculous miracle. Maybe it\u2019s to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the caption, Shaw said: \u201cAfter hearing the news, went to TK max to buy more hats. 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