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Tiny cut led to mum's shock cancer diagnosis after she mistook signs for menopause

A mum who discovered she had cancer after she cut her hand while serving a roast dinner said she had attributed the symptoms to menopause.

Jennifer Vaughan, 54, from Wembley, London, brushed aside several months of feeling back pain and hot sweats, believing her body was simply transitioning to a new stage of life.

The former teacher said she now owes her life to a random accident which led her to discover that she actually had kidney cancer.

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