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‘I threw everything at it’

“I had developed a spot, like an itchy bite, and then another joined it. It turned out to be a completely different type of cancer.”

arly Robinson vividly remembers the 30 minutes or so a medical specialist spent with her going through all the potential side effects of radiation therapy. She listened carefully, but, after the briefing, there was never any doubt in her mind that she would be proceeding with the treatment. Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 40, the mother of

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