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Bride who beat cancer walks down the aisle with doctors who saved her

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A bride who beat stage three cancer asked her doctors to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day.

Sheri Shaw, from New Bern, North Carolina, included her oncologist Dr. Van Morris and Dr. Emma Holliday her radiation oncologist in her big day after crediting them for saving her life.

The newlywed, 70, exchanged wedding vows earlier this month in an emotional ceremony with her partner Bill James.

The couple, who met online, had been dating for about a year when Shaw was diagnosed with cancer.

Speaking to NBC News Sheri said: 'Dr Morris and Dr. Holliday always say, "We do what we do because we give people another life", I wouldn't of even been around to marry him if not for them.

Sheri Shaw, from New Bern, North Carolina, who beat stage three cancer asked her doctors to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day

Sheri Shaw, from New Bern, North Carolina, who beat stage three cancer asked her doctors to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day

'In the ceremony when the pastor said 'who gives this women' they both said we do and they truly did because they gave me life.'

Dr Holliday said: 'It was such a joy and a celebration of everything that life after cancer should be.'

Sheri was diagnosed with rectal squamous cell cancer in 2020 after experiencing rectal bleeding for a few months. 

Shaw, who is a retired nurse, went for a colonoscopy however the results came back normal.

The newlywed, 70, exchanged wedding vows earlier this month in an emotional ceremony with her partner Bill James

The newlywed, 70, exchanged wedding vows earlier this month in an emotional ceremony with her partner Bill James

What is rectal squamous cell cancer

Squamous cell cancers are the most common type of anal cancer.

This type of anal cancer starts in squamous cells, which make up the lining of the anal canal and anal margin.   

The symptoms most frequently encountered are rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, change in bowel habits and weight loss.

Surgery has always been thought to offer the best chance of a cure. 

Surgical options often depend upon tumor characteristics, such as size, location, depth of invasion, and local and distant metastasis.

Source: Cancer Research UK 

Sheri decided more tests were needed and she insisted on getting a sigmoidoscopy, a procedure where a flexible narrow tube with a light and small camera is used to look inside the rectum and lower colon.

Shaw's main treatment was radiation, which she underwent five days a week and chemotherapy.

Two years after her diagnosis Sheri was given the all clear and James proposed in January 2023.

From the moment they got engaged Sheri new she wanted the people who saved her life to be a part of their big day. 

Speaking to Today.com she said: 'It was a no brainer. I had to have them here. I wanted them to celebrate and see what they actually did for me in real time,' 

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