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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Evans

Conspiracy theorist mother ‘influenced’ daughter to reject chemotherapy after she was diagnosed with cancer

A University of Cambridge graduate who died after refusing chemotherapy was “adversely influenced” by her mother’s conspiracy theory views, an inquest has concluded.

Paloma Shemirani, 23, died at Royal Sussex County Hospital on 24 July 2024, seven months after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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