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Article: Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Walking back to happiness; Hundreds of women will be walking, abseiling, brewing up coffee, playing golf, bowling, doing aerobics and taking part in countless other activities to raise cash during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Women's Editor DIANE PARKES finds out why.
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- October 10, 2000
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AMANDA Scott has called in the troops. Friends and family have joined a team to take part in a sponsored walk for breast cancer.
She and her friends have a special reason for wanting to fund research and care - because just two years ago, Amanda was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Aged just 32 and the mother of a son Harry, who is now six, she was suddenly faced with the fears that breast cancer can bring.
She underwent a mastectomy and is hoping the illness is behind her. But she wants to help raise money to support a cause which has become dear to ...