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Mother and daughter had aggressive breast cancer at the same time
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Ms Margaret Ng (left) was also diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer two months after her mother, Madam Quek Lee Ken.
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SINGAPORE – Madam Quek Lee Ken first noticed a painless lump under her left armpit in 2019. It would sometimes cause her arm to swell, but because it was painless, the 74-year-old dismissed it and did not tell anyone about it.
In 2022, when the swelling became more persistent, her daughter Margaret Ng took her to a general practitioner and found out about the lump.
