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A woman with incurable cancer has opened up about her battle with the disease, as a thought-provoking exhibition opens. Laura Ashurst, 56, from Stokesley, was diagnosed with primary breast cancer 23 years ago as a new mother to her second child. She has been battling incurable cancer ever since.

Metastatic (secondary) breast cancer occurs when the cancer has travelled from the primary breast site through the blood or lymphatic system to a distant area of the body. When this happens, it becomes an incurable disease. Laura is one of several featured in a new exhibition highlighting the plight of the 31 women who die every day of metastatic (secondary) breast cancer (MBC), which has come to North Yorkshire for the first time.



The ‘Darker Side of Pink’ will be on display at our Treadmills development in Northallerton until Monday, June 3. Laura Ashurst, 56, from Stokesley (right) (Image: NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL) Laura said: “I was diagnosed with metastatic (secondary) breast cancer in 2007 affecting my lungs and I have been living with this incurable disease ever since. “The exhibition is extremely powerful – this disease is a killer and goes unheard of.

The reality is people are dying and we need people to sit up and take notice and make sure women get the treatment and the support they need. There is nothing fluffy and pink about metastatic (secondary) breast cancer – there is a much darker side to it. “My metastatic breast cancer is currently stable but not every.

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