Sydney grandmother Gayle has endured cancer five times and lost 11 organs in the process. Doctors are calling her a 'medical miracle'. Her last cancer diagnosis was in 2023 Grandmother's cancer battle started when she was 38 READ MORE: B eloved Australian musician dies after long battle with cancer By Lisa Edser For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:27, 19 May 2024 | Updated: 10:29, 19 May 2024 e-mail View comments A grandmother of ten is thankful to be alive after surviving cancer five times and being hailed as a 'medical miracle' by doctors.
It has been more than three decades since Gayle Dean, now 72, was out shopping with a friend in Dee Why on Sydney 's northern beaches in 1991 when they walked pasta medical centre advertising free mammograms. The then 38-year-old and her friend had never heard of them before and thought it 'might be fun'. The single mum-of-three instead found out she had a four-centimetre malignant tumour in her left breast, starting her decades-long cancer battle.
Ms Dean recalled being in 'total shock' as she had not experienced any symptoms. Gayle Dean, 72, (pictured in hospital) started her cancer battle at the age of 38, when her and a friend decided to have a mammogram for 'fun' Read More Top doctor, 57, reveals he is cancer-free a year after undergoing world-first treatment based on his own breakthrough research to beat 'worst of the worst' brain tumour 'I was 38, I was feeling well. I’ve never had a major medical problem of any kind and yet i.
