Nikki Tapper’s mum Marilyn Myers, 72, was first diagnosed with cancer at the age of 54, before the Gogglebox star, 47, battled the disease 10 years later in 2011 aged 38.
Breast cancer has plagued the family for two decades, and now Nikki has opened up on her mum’s double mastectomy before she was diagnosed for a third time.Nikki explained: “A year ago she went for a check-up and felt scar tissue that didn't feel right, she had an ultrasound and they found that she had breast cancer again - it was in the fatty tissue of her skin."It wasn't old cancer that was left there, it was new and unfortunately she had to go through chemotherapy.”The news shocked Nikki and medics alike, who thought Marilyn’s double mastectomy would be the end of her.
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