Cancer survivor celebrates recovery with 480km charity walk

A cancer survivor who was once told she had just six months to live is celebrating her miraculous recovery by embarking on a punishing 480km charity walk.

Cancer survivor celebrates recovery with 480km charity walk

Shirley McEntee, 43, from Galway, has beaten first being struck down by melanoma in 2004. She has also undergone a number of life-saving surgeries in recent years, including complex operations to remove part of her lungs and an ovary.

Her most recent surgery in 2014, an operation to remove a brain tumour, marked the end of a decade of battling the killler disease.

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