Fit Non-Smoker Mel McLaughlin Battles Lung Cancer

0:00In Sydney, it's March 11th, here's what is happening. Mel McLaughlin, the well-known sports presenter for the Seven Network, revealed she's been battling lung cancer since her diagnosis in December last year. As a fit lifelong non-smoker, she underwent surgery that removed half her lung using advanced robotic technology. This disease strikes a painful chord in her family. Her older sister Tara died from lung cancer 10 years ago at just 39 years old, leaving behind two young children. McLaughlin showed incredible grit by postponing her operation to cover major cricket events. She hosted Melbourne's Boxing Day Test in Sydney's Pink Test in January during Australia's triumphant Ashes series. Even on Jay McGraft Day at the Sydney Cricket Ground, she juggled commentary shifts with urgent blood tests at a nearby center, knowing surgery, loomed the next day. Doctors like surgeon Levi Bassin are probing why two non-smoking sisters face the same illness, though early scans caught Mel's tumor in time, unlike her sisters.

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