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‘I’ve lost friends since my cancer diagnosis. People withdrew from me’
Reporting by The Independent (UK)Read the original at independent.co.uk
Macmillan Cancer Support said that so-called ‘cancer ghosting’ is leading to patients feeling they are facing the disease ‘alone’ Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.
Sentinel — provisional
Raw score, 0 to 1 (uncalibrated)0.15
No strong signs of machine writing were found in the source article. Provisional estimate, not a finding that a person wrote it.
The model's own note (unverified)
The article functions effectively as personal storytelling anchored by established charity messaging, suggesting a foundation in human experience rather than purely synthetic generation.
This looks only at the wording of the original source article, not at this page's AI-written sections. A small local AI model made this estimate. It has not been checked against known human and machine texts, so treat it as provisional. It cannot show who wrote an article.
What the model noticed in the source article
low severity: Sentence length variance is natural, and the narrative flows with emotional pacing rather than mechanical rhythm.
low severity: The text exhibits clear empathetic focus; the transition from personal anecdote to statistical context feels organically linked by shared emotional weight.
low severity: The use of direct quotes and specific, evocative examples (Lisa Walker, Mev Ghazanfar) grounds the general statements, suggesting human sourcing beyond simple aggregation.
low severity: The claims are directly attributable to a named charity (Macmillan) and survey data (YouGov), which points toward verified reporting rather than pure fabrication.
Signs the model read as against machine writing
Use of highly personal, emotionally charged anecdotes with reflective internal monologue ('I kept asking myself what I had done wrong...'), which is characteristic of human testimonial writing.
The integration of specific named individuals and consultation specialists provides a layer of embedded, non-boilerplate context.