Expected to die decades ago, Kate Vines has learnt a lot living with cancer for 26 years

By Mark Dapin
Updated July 9 2017 - 7:44am, first published 7:29am
"I was left with pretty much no treatment options whatsoever": Kate Vines. Photo: Nic Walker
"I was left with pretty much no treatment options whatsoever": Kate Vines. Photo: Nic Walker

An oncologist at the Royal North Shore Hospital told Kate Vines she should ensure her affairs were in order as her life was coming to an end. She was suffering from medullary thyroid cancer.

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