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Nurse previously given months to live now cancer-free after groundbreaking operation at hospital

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A former nurse who was told her cancer was inoperable has been declared free of the disease following a pioneering chemotherapy treatment. Caroline Ainslie, 60, from Southampton, was diagnosed with stage-four ovarian cancer in March after the disease had already spread to her liver, lungs and other parts of her body. Despite the severity of her diagnosis, she responded well to initial chemotherapy. She went on to become one of the first ovarian cancer patients at University Hospital Southampton to undergo hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, known as HIPEC. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Her consultant has since confirmed she is tumour free and is expected to make a full recovery. Speaking about her diagnosis, Ms Ainslie said the news left her feeling "completely and utterly shocked and devastated". She said: "I had cancer in my ovary, it was also in my liver and in my lung, so I felt completely and utterly shocked and devastated because I had cancer pretty much everywhere. "I

First report: Retired nurse given a year to live is now cancer free after pioneering surgery at hospital where she once worked — dailymail.co.uk, 4d