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Daily Mirror
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Ben Barry & Ryan Merrifield

Young woman, 21, gets horror diagnosis after noticing bruises on her arms and legs

A woman diagnosed with leukaemia after noticing bruises on her arms and legs - and is now cancer-free thanks to a bone marrow transplant from a stranger.

Emily Land, 21, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia - cancer of the white blood cells - after she started finding bruises across her body.

After seeing her GP, Emily was sent to St James' Hospital in Leeds, West Yorkshire, in October 2021, for a blood test and later that day was told she had leukaemia.

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