Beth Jenkins secured a breast clinic referral only after consulting a second physician at her surgery, having previously been prescribed antibiotics and told she was too young for malignancy. Subsequent medical evaluations uncovered a 5cm lobular breast tumour that had already advanced into three of her lymph nodes. Following a mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surviving neutropenic sepsis, Jenkins is now classed as having no evidence of disease. Experts stress that general practitioners must refer symptomatic women promptly, regardless of routine screening age thresholds.
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Doctors should not use a patient's age as a deciding factor when determining whether to m…: Doctors should not use a patient's age as a deciding factor when determining whether to make cancer referrals.
Between 100 and 115 women under the age of 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer each year…: Between 100 and 115 women under the age of 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in Wales.
Patients who suspect their health concerns are being overlooked are encouraged to seek se…: Patients who suspect their health concerns are being overlooked are encouraged to seek second opinions and persistent assessments.
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A woman who said she was told by a GP she may be experiencing "medical anxiety" after finding a lump in her breast was later diagnosed with cancer.
Beth Jenkins, 42, visited a locum GP at her practice with concerns that a lump on her right breast had grown significantly and said she was told she was "too young to have breast cancer" and it may be linked to postnatal depression instead.
However, it was lobular breast cancer, external, with a 5cm (2in) tumour and the disease had spread to three lymph nodes.
Practice 1 Keir Hardie Health Park said it could not discuss individual cases but encouraged patients to "make a second appointment" if they had concerns about their health or care.
The mum-of-two, from Merthyr Tydfil, first noticed a "small pea-sized" lump in her breast in 2018, but, after an ultrasound, she was told it was likely glandular tissue and no biopsy was carried out.
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