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Woman, 22, with cervical cancer told 15 times not to worry - and now she is dead

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A young woman died after her cervical cancer was dismissed 15 times – and a doctor told her she was worrying too much because of the “Jade Goody effect”.

Emma Swain begged GPs for a smear test after she experienced ­symptoms but was repeatedly told she was too young to have one.

Instead, the 22-year-old’s doctor blamed her contraceptive pill and said what happened to reality star Jade – who died of cervical ­cancer in 2009 aged 27 – would be very unlikely to happen to her.

But less than a year later, Emma was dead. Her GP has since admitted if she had been given a smear test, she would probably still be alive.

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