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'I had a full hysterectomy at 32 so I could watch my daughters grow up'

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Laura Palmer-Hukins, 36, lives in Pocklington, East Yorkshire with husband David, 37, and daughters Minnie, six, and Etta, four.

After discovering in 2019 she carried a high-risk cancer gene, known as Lynch syndrome, she decided to have her womb and ovaries removed.

Lynch is estimated to cause 1,200 cases of bowel cancer in the UK each year, many in people under the age of 50. Despite one in 125 people potentially being carriers of a Lynch syndrome mutation, only 5% of carriers know about it, along with one in six GPs.

Women with the gene can have checks on their womb and ovaries, IVF to prevent passing the gene on and an elective hysterectomy.

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