Former Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian has revealed she has been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer at the age of 42.
Ali, who finished in third place on Strictly Come Dancing in 2009, said she found the lump when breastfeeding her daughter Isabella.
She is now undergoing weekly chemotherapy sessions and will have a mastectomy and radiotherapy treatment next year.
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Doctors initially thought the lump could have been a blocked duct and prescribed her antibiotics.
After the medication didn’t relieve the soreness, further tests found the actress has cancer and she was diagnosed in June.
Ali Bastian cancer diagnosis
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