Dorking family's world turned upside down by cancer diagnosis

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Richard Brown was diagnosed with a brain tumour while his daughter was being treated for leukaemia.

Richard Brown was receiving radiotherapy at the same hospital the day daughter Mabel ended leukaemia treatmentRichard Brown, 46, from Dorking, Surrey, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour while his five-year-old daughter Mabel was undergoing treatment for leukaemia.The family have resorted to crowdfunding to pay for immunotherapy treatment abroad.He was later diagnosed with a glioblastoma, which carries a typical prognosis of 12-18 months.

"Our entire world turned upside down once again. For cancer to strike our family twice like this was devastating and frightening," she added.

 

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