Alissa Bowman is battling a rare brain cancer (Image: The Brain Tumour Charity) A “tough cookie” teenager who sat her GCSEs despite being in immense pain from a cancer so rare that it doesn’t even have a name is dealing with her illness by “making jokes and laughing”. Alissa Bowman issues first started last summer … Read more
The moment you are told you have cancer might not be the obvious experience to look to for laughs. But for Gareth Honeybone, finding the humour in his diagnosis has been a cathartic way of coming to terms with the devastating news. And he has been mining his health journey for material for his stand-up … Read more
Initially, dentists believed that the lump was related to her teeth. (Representative pic) A 16-year-old girl in the United Kingdom who was sent home with antibiotics by a dentist when a pea-sized lump appeared on her cheek has been diagnosed with a rare cancer after the mass grew to the size of a “tennis ball” … Read more
The family of a little girl with a rare cancer are pinning their hopes on a vaccine in the US in a bid to stop the disease returning. Ava Bolton’s parents have raised £290,000 to pay for the experimental treatment, which is so far available only at a New York clinic. Three-year-old Ava was diagnosed … Read more
