article_snippet.sent: A mother-of-two has battled cancer nine times in the last seven years, despite having her breasts and ovaries removed to try and prevent breast cancer.
article_snippet.sent: My aunt Helen died of breast cancer when My aunt Helen was 42.
article_snippet.sent: My other aunts, Ruth and Cathy, survived breast cancer in My other aunts, Ruth and Cathy 30s and 40s.
article_snippet.sent: My great aunt, Anneliese, died from ovarian cancer. '
article_snippet.sent: Following the mastectomy, Helen breast tissue was sent away for testing.
article_snippet.sent: But in 2007, the mother-of-two, from Bray near Dublin, was diagnosed with breast cancer. 
article_snippet.sent: Helen underwent treatment, including radiation, pictured, and within a few months doctors told Helen Helen was in remission .
article_snippet.sent: Helen is currently undergoing chemotherapy as specialists try to keep breast cancer at bay .
article_snippet.sent: But doctors said doctors were pre-cancerous cells, and Helen was clear of breast cancer at the time.
article_snippet.sent: In June 2007, Helen was diagnosed with breast cancer. '
article_snippet.sent: After a few months of treatment, doctors told the mother-of-two she was in remission. '