Kangaroos boss reveals 'shock' cancer diagnosis

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North Melbourne president Dr Sonja Hood has been diagnosed with bosom cancer, the nine said successful a connection connected Friday.

Dr Hood volition acquisition country successful the coming weeks aft a lump was detected during a scheduled mammogram. She is expected to marque a afloat recovery.

In airy of her diagnosis, Dr Hood conveyed the value of regular aesculapian cheque ups specified arsenic mammograms, and urged those owed for a screening to publication in.

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"The diagnosis was a spot of a daze aft the lump was picked up successful a regular mammogram – 1 that I astir skipped," she said.

"I'm shocked, angry, a spot scared, but much than each of that – I'm positive. I cognize that this is going to beryllium OK. We've caught it early, and we're not wasting immoderate clip successful getting escaped of it.

"Aside from sending bully vibes, there's lone 1 happening that I'm going to inquire that you bash – if idiosyncratic successful your beingness (Mum, Dad, partner, sibling, grandparent) should beryllium having regular aesculapian checks and they aren't, nag them into going.

"At worst it's fractional an hr they'll ne'er get backmost but you conscionable don't cognize erstwhile it mightiness prevention a life."

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