A mum given 50/50 chance of surviving after her daughter noticed "something not quite right" is one of only five in the world to receive "pioneering" cancer treatment.
Beverley Joyce, from St Helens, was losing weight and her daughter, Kimberley, noticed "a bit of a change" in her mum's speech as they prepared for afternoon tea in the Lake District and a trip to a Welsh country house for Beverley's 60th birthday.
She ulcers that wouldn't heal, and there was "something not quite right" about the lack of sharpness in Beverley's voice, like "she had something in her mouth", according to Kimberley. They blamed it on gum disease and moving teeth. Kimberley, 34, said: "There was a reason for everything that was happening, like the ulcers for example. She was eating healthily because she was turning 60, so she was having lots of citrusy fruit which causes sores in your mouth."
