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He hoped that sharing his story would encourage people to be screened or get other exams to help detect the presence of cancer, saying, “It’s a really simple thing to do and it can add years to your life.”

“As a result of that and that I have a direct family history, I get screened every three years with colonoscopies and that is something I talk about on the radio — the importance of screenings,” he says.

In high school, Kapadia discovered a film club, started by her chemistry teacher, that screened movies by Werner Herzog, Andrei Tarkovsky and Satyajit Ray.

A week later, the movie screened at Cannes, with Kapadia, the actors and crew in the theater.

UK blood donations were not routinely screened for hepatitis C until 1991, 18 months after the virus was first identified.