Galway woman's sunbed habit led to skin cancer and brain surgery

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She battled cancer on and off for ten years

While at the time all she wanted was a good tan, it ended with terrible consequences.Read more:Kerry woman Lauren Barrett diagnosed with stage three breast cancer after finding small lump

"I got it checked, and it was basically melanoma - skin cancer," she said. "They did a small surgery to take out the freckle, and then they went back and took an awful lot more, which left my shoulder not great. The growth of cancer was too close to a main artery for surgery, so her doctor trialled her on a drug that luckily shrank it and she was cancer free four months later.

 

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