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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Laura Sharman

Mother who beat breast cancer discovers years later disease has moved to brain during ‘vertigo’ treatment

A Wigan mother who was given the all-clear after battling triple-negative breast cancer discovered the disease had spread to her brain after doctors initially believed she had symptoms as vertigo.

Carrie Howard, 43, celebrated beating cancer in 2023 after undergoing a mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Scans from her neck down showed no signs of the disease, and she felt "like life could begin again."

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