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A chef diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer is urging all men to "check their chests".

Mat Kelly, 42, discovered a lump in his chest in October last year while working in America, assisting in the launch of a new restaurant in Chicago.

After returning to the UK and consulting his GP, he was referred to hospital for further testing. He said that he had to push for "progress and answers", and he was diagnosed with breast cancer just two days before Christmas .

Then came the "gut punch", as Mat described it, when he was told in January, following a PET scan, that the cancer had metastasised to his lymph nodes and into his bones, predominantly his spine. He started chemotherapy, but this proved unsuccessful, and two additional PET scans revealed the cancer had

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