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The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Grierson

Elle Macpherson refused to have chemotherapy after breast cancer diagnosis

Elle Macpherson
Elle Macpherson says she ‘holistically treated’ her cancer, going against the advice of 32 doctors. Photograph: Daniel Pockett/AAP

Elle Macpherson has said she was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago but is now in remission despite refusing chemotherapy.

The Australian supermodel and actor, who rose to fame in the 1980s, is publishing a memoir – Elle: Life, Lessons, and Learning to Trust Yourself – in which she says she took a holistic approach to the illness, going against the advice of 32 doctors.

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