27 Year-old woman died one day after cancer diagnosis, symptoms dismissed as 'hormonal'

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Aspiring model, 27, dies from 'aggressive' cervical cancer one day after being diagnosed

Porsche 'Pops' McGregor-Sims, 27, from Petersfield, Hampshire, was told by a doctor her hormones were to blame and her aggressive cancer went undiagnosed for months


https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/aspiring-model-27-dies-aggressive-25871758



An aspiring young model died of cervical cancer at the age of 27 just months after being told by a doctor that her hormones were simply to blame for her "myriad" of symptoms, an inquest heard. Porsche 'Pops' McGregor-Sims had an "aggressive" form of the disease which had gone undiagnosed for months despite continual complaints of abdominal pain and bleeding.

The graduate passed away in hospital just a day after the cancer was discovered, having previously been told by the consultant that she didn't need to be physically examined and her problems could be linked to ceasing birth control.

Only weeks before her death - as Britain entered the first coronavirus lockdown - she was prescribed antibiotics over the phone for her condition, the hearing was told.

She was seen by a doctor face by face only after the GP thought her shortness of breath meant she had Covid. Her case has led a coroner to suggest national guidelines, which say women suspected of having the disease need to wait two weeks before being seen by a specialist, may have contributed to her death.

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