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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Laura Sharman

Mum given three years to live just weeks after she was declared cancer-free

A mother's elation at being declared cancer-free turned to devastation just weeks later after doctors discovered a tiny, inoperable tumour, giving her less than three years to live.

Michelle Black, 50, from Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, received the joyous news that she had overcome a rare bile duct cancer in November. However, her world was shattered five days before Christmas when a scan revealed a new tumour, "less than a millimetre in size," changing her prognosis to stage three and incurable.

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