article_snippet: Mrs Cunliffe, 30, said: 'I went back after the surgery and was told I had a 6cm-long tumour. '
article_snippet: a 6cm-long tumour was a cotton-wool consistency so hadn't been dense enough to show up on previous MRI scans. '
article_snippet: a 6cm-long tumour hit me like a bus, I was in complete shock that this could have happened.'
article_snippet: If I'd not had the operation, I wouldn't have known about a 6cm-long tumour until it was too late,' said Mrs Cunliffe, from Warrington, Cheshire. '
article_snippet: The civil servant said A woman who underwent a drastic double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer felt like a 'ticking time bomb' after being checked for signs of breast cancer from the age of 16.
article_snippet: Two weeks later, Mrs Cunliffe returned to hospital to have Mrs Cunliffe breasts drained of fluids - only to receive the awful news Mrs Cunliffe had cancer.
article_snippet: Mrs Cunliffe added: 'I felt like a ticking time bomb waiting for cancer to strike, so as soon as I got the go-ahead to have a preventative op, I went for it.
highlights_snippet: But was horrified to be told Emma Cunliffe already had 6cm tumour in Emma Cunliffe breast .
  