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Jack Gramenz

'Invisible, sidelined': landmark count for fatal cancer

Andrea Smith was blindsided when diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

Isolated, unsupported and not even counted correctly, people with metastatic breast cancer know they will eventually die from the disease.

But landmark research has highlighted the likely true extent of their ranks for the first time, pointing to dramatic underestimates in official figures.

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