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PHOTO: Lakesha Ball, of Baltimore, Maryland, is seen in an undated photo with her family. Ball was dianosed with breast cancer on 2017, but completed treatment on March 11, 2019.
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\"I'm so happy my mother is able to share her story so everyone else who is fighting cancer can understand to always have faith and never feel like you're alone when you have God,\" Mitchell told \"GMA.\" \"When my mom rung that bell I felt a different type of happy. I could not stop smiling and crying.\"

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