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Sophie Brownson

Sunderland singer Faye Fantarrow to fight for life in America as she battles rare brain tumour with help of Annie Lennox

A talented Sunderland musician fighting for her life after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor is set to embark on a pioneering medical trial in California.

Faye Fantarrow, 20, is battling cancer for the third time after receiving the devastating news in September that she has an aggressive glioma tumour.

The East Herrington artist was diagnosed with leukaemia aged eight and underwent two-and-a-half years of chemotherapy. The cancer returned when she was 13, and she received a bone marrow transplant.

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