‘Breast cancer no death sentence’

THERESE KIELY was just 25 years old when she was found to have a condition that can sometimes be a precursor to breast cancer.

Abnormal cells were found around a breast lump that had been surgically removed and doctors at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin decided to continue to review her case.

In 2001, 10 years after the abnormal cells were first discovered, doctors found she had developed breast cancer and Therese underwent a mastectomy.