A woman's rare diagnosis has "hit home" to dozens of other women across the region.
The ECHO previously reported how Sarah Waters was due to have a routine smear test in 2020 but it was postponed due to the pandemic. After managing to book an appointment in April this year, the 30-year-old assumed "everything was normal" and jetted off to Spain for the "best time".
But upon her return home to Prescot in June, "urgent letters" were waiting saying she needed to be referred to hospital following her results. She was soon diagnosed with a rare type of cervical cancer called Poorly-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma that was "aggressive and fast growing".
