Philips, Iris to Doris Langley Moore, 28th May

"Dear Mrs Moore, My sister has handed your letter to me since I always nursed my mother through her illnesses until I married. I remember the cancer scare very well. She had [hers?] in bed and in much pain for some days with lumbago - The Saturday morning the doctor came to see her about a new pain - he told her that she had cancer of the stomach, that she must have an operation at once and must go to town on the Monday to see a specialist about it. He also, idiotically, added that her chances of recovery were 100 to 1 against..."