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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Freddie Bennett & James Rodger

Mum told by doctors her daughter's deadly cancer was just her period

A mum who was told that her young daughter's fatal cancer was just a period is calling for a national awareness campaign to help parents recognise the signs.

Charlotte Fairall, from Stubbington in Hampshire, was due to appear in parliament today to discuss diagnosis of children's cancer after her 10-year-old daughter was diagnosed in 2020 with rhabdomyosarcoma which is a rare form of cancer that appears from children’s soft tissue.

However, the diagnosis came a whole two months after Sophie Fairall fell ill.

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