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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Besanvalle

Woman diagnosed with breast cancer after symptoms dismissed as tiredness from motherhood

A London mother-of-two, diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer at 37, has described the medically-induced early menopause she endured as "harder" than chemotherapy.

Anj Periyasamy, a 41-year-old physiotherapist, said her specific type of breast cancer is “fed by hormones” so she essentially needs to keep her ovaries “asleep”.

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