I am writing in reply to David Broughton (Letters, May 27).

Although I sympathise with Mr Broughton on the sad loss of his mother to cancer, I, too, had breast cancer but certainly didn't receive second-rate treatment from the NHS at Worthing Hospital.

Far from it, as Dr Salmon and Dr Johri and their teams couldn't have been more professional if I had gone private and the breast care nurses were always there for support.

Even now, after six years in my case, they are there for all patients and at the other end of the phone.

Every young woman needs to be made aware that this disease can happen to anyone, at any age, whether you are rich and famous or not.

So if the media's attention to Kylie's breast cancer can get more women to make regular checks of their breasts, this publicity is needed because early detection saves lives, as in Kylie's own case.

Worthing Hospital had a Breast Cancer Open Day on Saturday, June 11, at the Postgraduate Centre behind Worthing Hospital.

This was a day for families who may have been touched by this disease or friends and colleagues wanting to find out more the disease.

There was also a feel-good factor from massages and aromatherapy which were given, as well as breast reconstruction information and fashion shows with a large collection of new season's specialist swimwear and bras.

-Mrs GL, Sompting, West Sussex