Woman, 23, undergoes life-changing surgery after being told she was 'too young to have cancer'
A woman claims she may not have had to undergo life-changing surgery if doctors had not dismissed her as being 'too young to have cancer.'
As the lump got bigger, Alicia claims she pushed for further scans, and after a mammogram and biopsy, was eventually diagnosed with stage two breast cancer on May 18th last year. She is now keen to raise awareness of the importance of anyone with breast cancer symptoms not to allow them to be 'brushed under the carpet' if they're dismissed by doctors simply because of their age.
"The main thing I say when speaking to people my age is that I felt that they thought it wouldn't be cancer because of my age, because it's not normal for a 23-year-old to have breast cancer, as it usually occurs in middle age and older women.
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