Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Jess gives up her dream job to fight cancer

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cancer.

The treatment has been used on various types of cancer and is verified by the charity Children With Cancer as “the most promising new treatment since the developmen­t of chemothera­py.”

However, the treatment is not available on the NHS and could cost in excess of £100,000.

A Go Fund Me page set up by Jess’s friends said: “Although this treatment offers a chance to slow the growth of Jess’s cancer considerab­ly or, in the best circumstan­ces, put it into remission entirely, immunother­apy is not currently available on the NHS for this type of cancer. And it is extremely expensive.

“No one expects to save for a situation like this.”

The page adds: “It is unbelievab­ly hard to see one of your best friends going through this. Someone who has always been there for you and for so many others.

“Someone you imagined growing up and growing old with, standing beside at her wedding, drinking tea with while you watched her children play, having dinner parties with when you’re older – someone who you can’t really imagine life without.

“And it’s so difficult to feel there is little you can do to help, which is why we’ve made this page.”

Should money raised not be used it will be re-donated to AMMF – the UK’s only cholangioc­arcinoma charity – and Paintings in Hospitals which provide artwork and run projects in hospitals, hospices and care homes.

To donate go to www.gofundme. com/help-jess-fight-her-rare-cancer.

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