Mum, 41, hits out after CUH lab cancer mistake

Early detection is key for the survival of breast cancer.

Early detection is key for the survival of breast cancer.

This was the message from the Irish Cancer Society today after it emerged that 41-year-old Tipperary mother-of-three Rebecca O’Malley was mistakenly given the all-clear after a breast cancer test and had to undergo a mastectomy 14 months later.

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