A mum battling advanced cancer has been left "desperate" after a worldwide search for a stem cell donor failed. Brenda Mckenzie was diagnosed with Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma in 2019.
It is a rare cancer that forms within white blood cells used to help regulate the body's immune system. It affects just one in one million people and can be very difficult to diagnose as symptoms are similar to common skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis. Mum-of-three Brenda, 58, fell into the unlucky category, as she had been receiving treatment for eczema for 25 years.
Brenda told the Mirror: "I was under hospital care for 25 years having numerous treatments for my skin - I've always been treated for eczema and have had lots of biopsies across my life. Then in 2019, I was in hospital again but this time I had lost a lot of weight and the tone of my skin had completely changed.
