After her late brother and husband, whose illness was discovered just in time, experienced the same ominous symptom, a Southampton woman has issued a warning about an easy-to-dismiss indicator of deadly cancer.

Ade, the 53-year-old brother of Jenny Mosley, passed away in October 2018, barely six months after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, which he had long misdiagnosed as “harmless” heartburn.

For more than ten years, Mr. Mosley had struggled with the ailment, using over-the-counter antacids to get through the day.

Fortunately, he sought assistance just in time, as examinations by doctors revealed a potentially precancerous disease that, in about 13% of instances, develops into esophageal cancer.

Speaking of the experience, Ms Mosley, a project manager from Southampton, said, “We never connected the dots before. For years, we just assumed over-the-counter treatments, like Gaviscon, were enough.”

“But Ade’s experience made us realise how dangerous ignoring symptoms could be.”