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Strictly's Amy Dowden reveals she was hours from organ failure after contracting sepsis amid cancer battle

Amy Dowden has revealed she came close to dying after falling into septic shock during her first round of chemotherapy amid her battle with stage three breast cancer.

The Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer, 33, says she became “unresponsive” and her family were warned that she would not be able to function for more than 16 hours before her organs began to fail.

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