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Ella hits the heights in HSC despite having to deal with a shock cancer diagnosis on the eve of exams

Ella McAnally-Elwin heard the words "you have cancer" on her last day of school. 

Diagnosed with Stage 2A Hodgkin's lymphoma, the 17-year-old Gilgandra High School student from country NSW started chemotherapy in October the same week as the HSC started — and juggled treatment over the course of her final exams.

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