The emotional shock of my breast cancer diagnosis hit harder than the physical one
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The emotional shock of my breast cancer diagnosis hit harder than the physical one

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Broadcast journalist Sian Williams reflects on the exemplary care she received before and after her double mastectomy

Few of us go to an appointment with a doctor and expect a cancer diagnosis, especially when the letter calling you to London’s University College Hospital (UCH) says you may see the consultant ‘or someone from their team’.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 17, 4, 10-10. doi: 10.7748/cnp.17.4.10.s8

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10 July 2018 / Vol 17 issue 4

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