Jade Goody: 'My cancer has spread'

Jade Goody has confirmed that her cervical cancer has spread to her liver, bowel and groin.

Doctors have now withdrawn their previous estimate of the former Big Brother star having a 40% chance of survival, The Sun reports.

She will now be treated with the goal of keeping her alive as long as possible, rather than to cure her cancer.

Goody said: "I am devastated. I am frightened and I am angry. I don't want to die because I have so much to live for.

"The whole thing is absolutely terrifying. To try and remain positive, I am hoping a new type of treatment will suppress and control the cancer, which is very aggressive. I am in a nightmare."

She added that she is hoping and praying that a different combination of drugs can keep the cancer at bay.

A family friend said that they had been dreading the news.

"She can't seem to win this fight - the cancer is too advanced and the doctors don't hold out much hope."

Goody had been readmitted to the Royal Marsden Hospital after becoming violently ill over the weekend.