ITV Coronation Street star Tracy Shaw shares emotional response after disappointing cancer update

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Former Coronation Street actress Tracy Shaw broke down in tears on Thursday as she revealed that her breast cancer tumours have not reduced sufficiently for surgeons to operate, despite months of chemotherapy.The 52-year-old, who disclosed her diagnosis in April, posted an emotional video to Instagram after receiving the results of her latest ultrasound scan.Filming herself as she left hospital, Ms Shaw told followers that the outcome had fallen short of what she had anticipated, given the physical toll her treatment had taken."I thought they'd shrunk but basically they've gone from being circular to oval, but not really shrunk in size," she said.

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I don't know what I was expecting."The actress had previously told fans she required five months of chemotherapy following her breast cancer diagnosis.The scan did deliver some positive news, however.

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Ms Shaw had discovered a lump on her right breast that also needed investigating, and the ultrasound confirmed that these growths were all...

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