A woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer is hoping to raise awareness to the fact that "it does affect young people" and is not just "an old person's disease". Laura Franklin was diagnosed with breast cancer at 33 years old after initially putting her symptoms down to hormones.
Laura first noticed something was wrong when she felt a sharp pain in her right breast when watching television one day. This kept happening over the course of a week, so Laura decided to visit her GP.
A few weeks later, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The mum-of-one from Chorlton, Manchester, is currently undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy and will need further radiotherapy.
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