Court gives green light to cancer op

Published on 16/10/2012 00:00

Doctors have been given permission to perform potentially life-saving cancer surgery on a woman who has a “delusional belief” that she does not have the disease.

A judge at the Court of Protection in London ruled that the treatment would be in the best interests of the 61-year-old, who has chronic schizophrenia.

Mr Justice Holman said: “She has cancer of the uterus. She could be cured by a potentially life-saving operation.

“She lacks the capacity to make an informed decision. She denies that she has cancer at all and opposes, and is resistant to, the operation.”