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Mum Seeks Legal Action After Cervical Cancer Symptoms 'Fobbed Off' by Doctors
Jessica Mason underwent extensive treatment after a 6.5cm cervical tumor was diagnosed six months following a clear smear test, highlighting concerns over missed symptoms.
- Jessica Mason has instructed lawyers at Irwin Mitchell to investigate whether her cancer in Penarth, Wales, should have been detected sooner after she insisted on an MRI.
- First she sought medical help for heavy bleeding and pain, but clinicians repeatedly described her symptoms as IBS, prolapse or endometriosis and reassured her after smear test results.
- Medical imaging found a 6.5 centimetre tumour, roughly the size of a tennis ball, and Mason underwent months of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and brachytherapy followed by a radical hysterectomy.
- A spokesperson for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said it was sorry but could not comment further, while Mason has joined Claire's Campaign, which says women are too often dismissed and seeks improvements to care.
- Coverage coincides with Cervical Cancer Prevention Week , and Jessica Mason says `the least I deserve is answers` to help other women.
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