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'I was refused a smear test - two years later I was diagnosed with cervical cancer'
Vikki Ellis, 35, is encouraging people to get tested for cervical cancer after being diagnosed with the disease at the age of 25 - and initially being told she was too young
After being referred to The Royal Marsden, Vikki had further tests and then underwent surgery that removed the majority of her cervix and some lymph nodes in her stomach, leaving her with "warrior scars" around her belly button. Thankfully they weren’t cancerous this time, but I was so traumatised that I ended up opting to have a preventative hysterectomy because my mental health had really been affected by the possibility of a future occurrence.” The statistics are alarming; research commissioned by The Lady Garden Foundation found that 46% of women surveyed were deliberately avoiding these crucial cervical screenings.
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