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Diagnosed with breast cancer at 48, Rachel Evagelou has joined the call for better access to free mammogram screening programs – ABC News
Rachel Evagelou was 48 when she went to get screened for breast cancer, thanks to a friend’s post urging women to get checked on Facebook. Her diagnosis was a “huge…
Rachel Evagelou’s aggressive, stage-three breast cancer diagnosis came as a “huge shock” because the 48-year-old believed she was still a couple of years shy of having to get a mammogram.
The mother of two said it was only “a fluke” that she made the appointment to be screened after she came across a friend’s Facebook post urging all women to book a breast cancer test.
“I didn’t go along to have my mammogram because I had felt anything or had any symptoms,” Ms Evagelou said.
“And one of the scariest…
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