What are the kind words to say in this unfortunate situation?

What are the kind words to say in this unfortunate situation?
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I would say “I’m so sorry. Your mom’s a fighter and you know she’ll fight this.” I would leave it at that. Then I might offer to spend some time with the person, go for a walk, go for coffee, something like that.
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