University professor becomes first woman with incurable cancer to summit Everest

University professor becomes first woman with incurable cancer to summit Everest

A researcher has made history by becoming the first woman living with stage four incurable cancer to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Dr Shaunna Burke, an exercise psychologist at the University of Leeds, stood at the world's highest point at 3am on May 23, despite managing the ongoing effects of her terminal breast cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment.Her Everest expedition followed the completion of the Everest Marathon last year, wit…