Traumatised mother-of-two spent months going through gruelling chemotherapy, a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery

A mother-of-two has been left traumatised after bungling doctors wrongly told her she had breast cancer and put her through several rounds of unnecessary chemotherapy. 

Sarah Boyle, from Staffordshire, was misdiagnosed with triple negative breast cancer at Royal Stoke University Hospital at the end of 2016. 

The 28-year-old was put through gruelling chemotherapy, which saw her lose most of her hair and left her drained.

She also underwent a bilateral mastectomy - the surgical removal of both breasts - to 'stop the cancer spreading' and had reconstructive surgery to put breast implants in their place.

Medics only realised their error several months later in July 2017 - by which point the damage was already done. 


The blunder came after a biopsy was incorrectly recorded, her lawyers have said. 

Mrs Boyle has since received the added blow that her breast implants puts her at risk of developing cancer in the future.

She says she is still dealing with the psychological trauma caused by the ordeal.

Mrs Boyle, who lives in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, with husband Steven, 31, and her two children Teddy and Louis, said: 'The past few years have been incredibly difficult for me and my family.

'Being told I had cancer was awful, but then to go through all of the treatment and surgery to then be told it was unnecessary was traumatising.

'As if that wasn't bad enough, I am now worried about the possibility of actually developing cancer in the future because of the type of implants I have and I am also worried about complications that I may face because of my chemotherapy.

'While nothing will change what I've been through, I really need some answers on what is being done to make sure nobody else suffers in the same way I have.'

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