Article: Your Life: Breast cancer and us; US star Christina Applegate shone this week when she hit the red carpet for the first time since her double mastectomy. And as Breast Cancer Awareness month gets under way, we asked four famous faces affected by it how they've coped..(Features)

"My mum's illness brought us much closer together"

HARLEY Street star Suranne Jones, 30, helped her mum Jenny through breast cancer.

IT was a huge shock when my mum was diagnosed. She was 49 when she found a lump in one of her breasts and sensed something was wrong.

At the time, it didn't occur to me that I might lose her. Now, nine years later, I can really appreciate how brave she was.

Thankfully, the treatment worked and she's still here and we love her to bits. These days she's a happy housewife and doting grandmother to my brother's ...

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