Kate Middleton's visit to the hospital where she had cancer treatment left an impression on Angela Terry, who tells PEOPLE what it was like to meet Princess Kate.

Princess Catherine surprised cancer patients at the same hospital where she was treated last year for her type of cancer.

We don’t need to know what cancer she had,” said one woman who spoke to Kate on Tuesday. “We just know she’s been through surgery, she’s been through chemo—and one year later, my goodness, look, she is here.

"It was just like talking to a friend about a really horrible time in life and how you find ways of getting through it," Katherine Field tells PEOPLE of the Princess of Wales

The Princess of Wales visited the hospital where she was treated for cancer. She offered gratitude Tuesday to the medical teams who helped her and support to patients now undergoing treatment.

Kate Middleton has been praised for her sensitive timing amid her latest move to visit the Royal Marsden Hospital, where she received treatment for cancer.

New details have come to light regarding Kate Middleton's cancer treatment. After the Princess of Wales returned to the Royal Marsden Hospital earlier this week, one of the cancer patients she visited shared a new detail she learned about Middleton's own chemotherapy experience.

Kate Middleton visited the Royal Marsden Hospital and chatted with a patient who was undergoing chemotherapy as treatment. The two spoke about their shared experience - battling cancer.

Terry continued, describing Kate as "so open." "She had this 'We’re in this together' approach, so I think people felt they were able to say all sorts of things. It was really h