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'I had stage four cancer at 14, now I'm a doctor'

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Ellie Waters-Barnes, diagnosed with stage four alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma at 14 with a one-in-five survival chance, has just graduated from Keele University's medical school at 25 after completing 18 months of intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and now begins work at Royal Stoke University Hospital.

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