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Stephanie Gardiner

'Really traumatic': the postcode lottery of cancer care

Victoria Turner was diagnosed late with cancer, now she's helping others avoid that fate. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Nurse and midwife Victoria Turner went to her rural GP for prolonged fatigue and unexplained weight loss, only to be told she was experiencing symptoms of menopause and stress.

After eight months of persistent issues, including changes in urinary habits, the 59-year-old insisted on a scan that ultimately revealed a large ovarian tumour in May 2020.

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