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A comedian literally stood up to cancer - as she told JOKES while doctors removed a brain tumour during a nine-hour operation.

Sarah May Philo WAS conscious throughout the gruelling operation to remove a tumour - and had the surgical team in stitches with quips from her old routines.

The incredible 35-year-old said jokes from her stand-up routines and belting out Ave Maria broke the ice with surgeons.