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Scots mum given shock cancer diagnosis after going to hospital for throat infections

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An inspirational Airdrie mum whose kidney was removed after a shock cancer diagnosis has given her backing to a pioneering new treatment combination.

When Lanarkshire mum Arlene Gilchrist, 39, was admitted to hospital for tests following persistent throat infections, it couldn’t have come as more of a blow when explorations led to a shock diagnosis of kidney cancer.

After the otherwise fit and healthy hospitality worker was given a CT scan in February last year to establish the extent of the abscess on her throat, doctors discovered evidence of a 10cm fluid-filled tumour on her right kidney. “I went in with something completely different, and I came out with cancer,” said Arlene.“I’d had no symptoms at all, no urinary tract infection (UTI)

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