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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Beth Kirkbride

Woman diagnosed with stage 4 cancer after symptoms dismissed as anxiety

Lily on holiday in Cyprus with her parents - (Collect/PA Real Life)

A woman with stage four skin cancer is advocating for the UK government to prohibit sunbeds after she was diagnosed with melanoma at just 23 years old.

Lily Murphy, 30, from Watford, says she used sunbeds fewer than 10 times in her life before her diagnosis with stage 1B melanoma following a trip to South East Asia with friends.

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