Kate Middleton's cancer type and how it was discovered - according to top doctors

Kate Middleton has revealed she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer. In a video message released on Friday, she spoke about the "huge shock" after tests identified cancer following her abdominal surgery in January."In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous," she said in a public announcement, as she went on: "The surgery was successful."However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present.

My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment." Top doctors have now had their say on Kate's condition, what type of cancer it could be and its origins, in their professional opinion, reports Wales Online.

Speaking to Fox News, Dr Marc Siegel, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, said: "According to several top oncologists I spoke to, she likely has either an early colon cancer that was removed and cured surgically, or early ovarian, uterine or cervical cancer that was found incidentally." "In the past, some doctors thought Kate might have Crohn's disease, which is a long-term illness that causes swelling in the gut. "Inflammatory bowel disease greatly increases the risk for colon or bowel cancer," Siegel went on. Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. Many sufferers of Crohn's disease need surgery, and Siegel thinks this might be how medics discovered the future Queen's cancer.

Siegel added: "She could have been having bowel surgery for the Crohn's and they later found it on pathology."Siegel believes the