'The whole room froze': IVF scan leads to shock cancer diagnosis

Megan WilsonMultimedia Journalist·Rotorua Daily Post·31 Jul, 2026 06:00 PM5 mins to read‌Tauranga woman Jess Payne was diagnosed with endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma grade 1 stage 1A last year.Jess Payne had been going through in vitro fertilisation for almost two years when she found out she had cancer in her uterus.The 30-year-old support worker was left “numb” and “shaking” after being diagnosed with endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma grade 1 stage 1A shortly before Christmas last year.

“I just

'The whole room froze': IVF scan leads to shock cancer diagnosis

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