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There, she was cured and given a clean bill of health. But just before her four year mark of being completely cancer-free, she noticed some irregularities, swiftly booking an appointment with her gynecologist. In the appointment her doctor noticed a mass, and after being biopsied, the results concluded it was, in fact, cancerous.
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