Losing my mum to breast cancer defined my radiography career

As she went through treatment, it was clear that I wanted to specialise in breast cancer. I hope she’s proud of the person I’ve become

As my mum fought against breast cancer, I decided I wanted to spend my life seeking it out in others.

My mum was diagnosed following a routine mammogram in 2007. At that point I had started working as a diagnostic radiographer. As she went through treatment – surgery, then chemotherapy and radiotherapy, it started to become clear that I wanted to specialise in breast cancer.

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