Rochelle Gold, from Alwoodley, had her breasts and ovaries removed to avoid getting cancer. And now she is backing a Cancer Research UK campaign to help fund more big breakthroughs in research.

Rochelle had lived in the shadow of the disease after her maternal grandmother was treated for breast cancer and her mum Phyllis Harris was diagnosed in 2013.

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