Overview
- Shanice Bennett was first diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at 23 in May 2023 after being told by a GP she was too young, then reached remission by March the following year.
- Following severe back pain, she was diagnosed the same day in A&E with stage 4 disease that has spread to her bones, lungs and liver.
- She is on a second line of treatment, has twice been admitted with sepsis, and reports hypercalcemia with few good options if current therapy fails.
- Bennett documents her experience for roughly 22,000 TikTok followers and is fundraising on GoFundMe to complete a travel-focused bucket list.
- Her story is being linked to a petition for annual mammograms from age 40, which has topped 15,000 signatures, as clinicians stress the benefits of earlier detection.