Two sisters diagnosed with cancer just over a year apart are backing a new campaign to fund research.
Beth Wilson, 37, of Bounds Green, said more support was needed for women like her and sister Sarah Stickland, 35, especially when the cancer impacts on having children.
The assistant headteacher, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2009, said egg freezing and new treatments to spare fertility should be available to all women on the NHS. She underwent egg freezing — funded by Haringey — but Ms Stickland, who had ovarian cancer, was too ill to benefit.
Ms Wilson’s tumour was removed with a type of keyhole surgery that does not affect fertility although her cancer was too advanced for it to be successful. She said: “I’m still hoping I can have children using a surrogate and me and Sarah have discussed options including me donating an egg to her.”
Cancer Research UK’s campaign asks women to have a night in with friends and donate the money they save. Go to theinthing.org.uk
