SINGAPORE – Madam Quek Lee Ken first noticed a painless lump under her left armpit in 2019. It would sometimes cause her arm to swell, but because it was painless, the 74-year-old dismissed it and did not tell anyone about it.
In 2022, when the swelling became more persistent, her daughter Margaret Ng took her to a general practitioner and found out about the lump.
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