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Sydney Flames WNBL guard Tiana Mangakahia on beating breast cancer, and getting back to her best basketball

Perspective. It's something Tiana Mangakahia's had a healthy dose of in the past few years as she's gone from top US college player and WNBA draft prospect, to breast cancer survivor, to now re-building her career in the WNBL.

More than three years after being diagnosed with stage two breast cancer, and two years since returning to the court, the Brisbane native has finally found her happy place once again as she prepares to make her Sydney Flames debut.

"I feel like there's a lot of other important things in life than basketball, where (before) I just cared about basketball and nothing else," the 27-year-old told ABC Sport.

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