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Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian, 42, confirms she has been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer after discovering a lump while breastfeeding her baby
Ali - who now lives in Ireland with her husband and two young daughters - is currently having chemotherapy before she undergoes a mastectomy and radiotherapy.
The 42-year-old actress - who is best known for playing Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap from 2001 to 2007 - has admitted she was left in "total shock" when she found out the devastating news at the end of June. The mother-of-two - who also has Isla, four, with her spouse - shared: 'I hadn’t been breastfeeding Izzy at night but then David flew back to London for work and suddenly she was feeding like crazy. Ali assumed she had a "blocked duct" and was given a course of antibiotics, but it wasn't clearing up, so on her doctor's advice, she headed to a breast clinic.
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