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Results confirmed that the mum of one had the human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) gene, which causes the cells to grow too fast and leads to the development of breast cancer.
She added: “I started chemotherapy and throughout that time Bea and Enya continued with their behaviour until after my third session of chemo when they both completely stopped all of a sudden.”
Doctors said that the cancerous cells in her lymph nodes were either non-malignant, or some were pre-malignant.
After six months of chemotherapy, a month of radiotherapy, and an operation to remove the lump, doctors told Linda she was cancer free.
Linda, who owns four German Shepherds, said: “The doctor was amazed. She told me to go home and give my dogs a hug, because they had saved my life.
“She said it was one of the most successful set of chemotherapy results they had ever seen.
“The cancer was aggressive, but my dogs had alerted me to it so early, before there was even a lump there, that the chemotherapy managed to kill off the cancerous cells completely.”
She said: “Words can’t describe how grateful I am to Bea and Enya. They saved my life.
“In the beginning, it never even dawned on me what they were doing. I just thought they were being nuisances.
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