Image source, Beth JenkinsAfter being told she was too young to have breast cancer and that her concerns could be related to anxiety, Beth pushed for further investigations
- Published2 November 2026
A woman who said she was told by a GP she may be experiencing "medical anxiety" after finding a lump in her breast was later diagnosed with cancer.
Beth Jenkins, 42, visited a locum GP at her practice with concerns that a lump on her right breast had grown significantly. But she said she was told she was "too young to have breast cancer" and it may be linked to postnatal depression instead.
