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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Hannah Cottrell

‘Athletic’ woman dies of bone cancer after lower back pain was misdiagnosed

A once “fit and healthy” 25-year-old woman, whose lower back pain was initially misdiagnosed, died from bone cancer less than a year after a tumour was finally discovered in her pelvis.

When Kate Drummond started experiencing back pain in 2020, she initially believed it was due to “poor posture” or excessive exercise, according to her 33-year-old sister, Kelly Drummond.

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