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Holly Lennon

Lanarkshire mum, sister and son all diagnosed with deadly brain tumours in 'one in a billion' odds

A woman from Lanarkshire has spoken out about her family being decimated by deadly brain tumours in a harrowing situation that 'defies belief'.

Claire Cordiner lost her mum and sister to a glioblastoma (GBM) a year apart and now her teenage nephew is on end-of-life care with the same tumour.

The 54-year-old from Wishaw lost her mum Margaret O’Kane at just 66 in October 2008 followed by her youngest sister Angie Jones from East Kilbride who died months later in December 2009 aged just 36.

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