Breast Cancer Activist
Rabinovitch, who died of breast cancer on 30 October 2007, aged 44, wrote regular columns describing her cancer-related experiences. These columns were published as the book Take Off Your Party Dress in March 2007. Proceeds from the sale of the book go to the CTRT Appeal, a million-pound appeal to set up a cancer trials research centre at Mount Vernon Hospital in London.
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