The wedding is off, and it is an after effect of the diagnosis.
However, she has only hinted at the idea that he called it off. I believe that's what happened, but she has not said so directly.
I agree with other posters on this thread: if he walked out because of the cancer, then he is an undeserving heartless bastard and she can consider her cancer to be a great blessing, for outing the pig.
She is lucky she found this out before she married the bum. It's his loss not hers.
Agreed.
One of my friends (a model) married a guy that looked like Groucho Marx. This was after years of dating gorgeous men.
She later told me that he took care of her for a period time while she was very ill. She knew then that he would stand by her in the good times and the bad.
Laura deserves our prayers, she's going through a rough time.
From what little I've heard Laura say about the break-up - I got the impression that she (or they) realized the gravity of what marriage is, and that marriage wasn't for "them".