CAT Scan shows lump and lesion in Katrina Fox's head. (Blood Cancer Research UK via SWNS)
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A woman who developed a golf-ball-sized lump on her head that she thought was a cyst discovered it was actually a skull-eating cancer.
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Katrina Fox, with the golf-ball sized lump on her head, in April 2022. (Blood Cancer Research UK via SWNS)
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CAT Scan shows lump and lesion in Katrina Fox's head. (Blood Cancer Research UK via SWNS)
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Katrina Fox during stem cell collection, in October 2022. (Blood Cancer Research UK via SWNS)
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Katrina Fox, with the golf-ball sized lump on her head, in April 2022. (Blood Cancer Research UK via SWNS)
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