An Edinburgh mum who was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer has been given six more years after taking part in a clinical trial. Mum-of-four Lesley Stephen, 56, from the West End, is now helping others to try and get the same treatment.
In 2014, she was given the agonising news that she has secondary breast cancer after she went for a checkup over a persistent cough. She was experiencing no pain, no lumps, nor feeling unwell but the cancer had spread into her lungs and brain.
Secondary breast cancer, also known as advanced breast cancer, is devastatingly incurable but there are treatments offered in the hope that people can prolong their life and relieve symptoms. But when that wasn’t working, Lesley was counting down her final days - until she was accepted on to a clinical trial.
