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Jon Brady

Scots mum who had tumour 'the size of basketball' removed given months to live

A woman who had a tumour the size of a basketball removed from her lung says a treatment abroad is her last hope at staying alive after being told her cancer was terminal.

Elif Hector, 56, was told she only has months to live in March after doctors discovered two new tumours that had grown to the size of a basketball and a football in a year.

The Turkish native, who has called Scotland her home for 32 years, has set up a GoFundMe for a last-ditch alternative treatment in Mexico after Scots docs told her they had exhausted every available option.

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