'I ran marathons, kept fit and didn't smoke... but now I've been diagnosed with lung cancer AGAIN'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman who has always kept fit, has been diagnosed with cancer for the second time in her life. Kelly Harrop from Glossop has been diagnosed with lung cancer despite regularly running marathons and not smoking.
The 48-year-old who works on a farm in Chisworth was first diagnosed with cancer back in 2015 when doctors found a tumour in her lung.
Just 40 at the time, Kelly developed lung cancer due to an abnormal gene. She underwent surgery and chemotherapy which saw the disease removed.
However, doctors knew there was a risk that it could return and enrolled her in a new research programme that would monitor her health called TRACERx. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link. After five years in the scheme, she was given the all clear, but unfortunately, after a recent check up, she was told that the cancer had remerged.
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