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Irish Mirror
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Ryan Merrifield & Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas & Sophie Collins

Young doctor 'shocked' after being diagnosed with lung cancer urges public to know deadly symptoms

A consultant diagnosed with lung cancer at just 38 years of age has told of her “complete shock” about it.

She told of her experience as a surgery for the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce (LSCT) carried out by Sapio Research found only 1% of people are aware of the symptoms of liver cancer from a list given to them.

More than 90,000 people are diagnosed with lung, liver, brain, stomach, pancreatic, and oesophageal cancer every year - accounting for more than 67,000 deaths.

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