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Queensland nurse becomes state’s first oncology carer after beating her own cancer

When Nicole Williams was offered the chance to become Queensland's only nurse practitioner for all types of adult cancer, she jumped at the opportunity.

But just a year into her studies she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.

"I got angry that the cancer had come knocking here when I was quite clearly very busy trying to do my studies," she said.

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