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Kylie 'given cancer all-clear'

NO OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION: Kylie Minogue

There was no official confirmation but the 37-year-old singer is thought to be back in Australia with her family, according to friends.

Kylie had been undergoing chemotherapy in Paris after having a partial mastectomy in Melbourne, Australia, in May when she found a lump in her left breast.

The Sun reported that the chart-topping star had her final chemotherapy session on December 18 and received final test results last Friday, which showed there were no more cancerous cells.

However, she is now expected to start daily radiation treatment to prevent the return of the disease, the newspaper reported.

Remission

Only after another six months would she be officially in remission and all-clear.

Kylie's friend, the Australian music guru Molly Meldrum, told Australia's 7 Network: "I had heard just before I left to go overseas that in fact Kylie was coming back to Australia, to Melbourne, to spend time with the family and that basically the chemo had finished."

Ms Meldrum told GMTV: "The treatment was quite severe and probably Kylie was a lot sicker than most of us thought.

"But now, obviously, she is coming home for a little while and, as I say, the chemo is finished and I guess that she is now well on her way to recovery."

A spokeswoman for the singer's record company in Sydney could not confirm Kylie's condition.

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