Ballarat woman’s fight against rare cancer that almost squashed her to death

By Melanie Whelan
Updated December 11 2017 - 6:23pm, first published 6:00pm
ADAPTABLE: Ballarat's Cathy Jones has a rare cancer that, by nature, means trying to find a treatment that works. Picture: Lachlan Bence
ADAPTABLE: Ballarat's Cathy Jones has a rare cancer that, by nature, means trying to find a treatment that works. Picture: Lachlan Bence

CATHY Jones’ latest tumour stretched like a snake from her left lung all the way up to a bulbous head, the shape of a tennis ball, pressing on her heart.

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