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I had 11 years of chemotherapy for a cancer I didn't have

Summary by BBC News
Becky Jones is among more than 40 people taking legal action against a hospital trust.

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Becky Jones was just 21 years old when an experienced cancer specialist told her she had an incurable brain tumor and estimated she had only months to live. Eleven years of chemotherapy followed, which changed her life. She felt sick all the time, lost her hair, avoided family events, and lived in constant uncertainty and fear. Now, eleven years later, she has learned that she didn’t have cancer at all, but rather a brain inflammation that could…

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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In reality, it was an inflammation of the brain that could be treated with steroids.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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A WOMAN (33) spent 11 years undergoing chemotherapy after being misdiagnosed with terminal brain cancer. She discovered she had inflammation that was being treated with steroids and is now suing a Coventry hospital.

·Zagreb, Croatia
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Becky Jones was 21 years old when he was told that he suffered from a terminal brain tumor and that he would only have a few months of life. For 11 years, he had chemotherapy until he discovered, at 34 years of age, that he was suffering from tumefactive demyelination, an inflammatory condition of the brain.

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A woman in the UK learned, after 11 years of cancer treatment, that she never suffered from this disease, but from a brain inflammation that could have been treated with steroids.

·Romania
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BBC News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Sunday, September 13, 2026.
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