The Princess of Wales,
Kate Middleton, recently revealed she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy. In a video statement, she spoke about the "huge shock" after tests identified
cancer following her abdominal surgery and the "incredibly tough couple of months" her family has experienced. "In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in
London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous," she admitted. "The surgery was successful. "However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment." Top doctors have now had their say on Kate's condition, what type of cancer it could be and its origins, in their professional opinion. Speaking to , clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, Dr Marc Siegel, said that he has spoken to multiple top cancer doctors about the princess' cancer. He claimed: "According to several top oncologists I spoke to, she likely has either an that was removed and cured surgically, or that was found incidentally." In previous years, some doctors have speculated Kate may suffer from Crohn’s disease - a chronic inflammatory bowel disease affecting the lining of the digestive tract. "Inflammatory bowel disease greatly increases the risk for colon or bowel cancer," Siegel said. Around half of Crohn's disease sufferers will need surgery to alleviate symptoms, which Siegel explains may have led to doctors discovering cancer. Based on his honest opinion after decades working in medicine, Siegel theorised: "She could have been having bowel surgery for the Crohn's and they later found it on pathology." What makes Siegel think the mum-of-three may have colon or bowel cancer and not gynaecological cancers, is that the drugs used in chemotherapy for the latter more often than not result in hair loss, which Kate does not appear to have currently. Chemotherapy at the early stages of colon cancer does not typically cause hair loss, he added. Siegel says that whatever type of cancer she has, it appears as though doctors have "gotten it out". This is because the chemotherapy Kate stated, was "preventative". The expert doctor said despite huge interest in Kate's welfare: "We need to respect her privacy and show compassion and empathy. The good news is that the word 'preventative' was used, which would mean that the cancer was removed in its entirety, presumably by bowel resection, and that the chemo is being given to increase the chances of no recurrence."