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Bereaved Coventry mum backs ‘much-needed’ initiative for people with brain tumours
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The Coventry Observer
A BEREAVED Coventry mum who lost her 31-year-old daughter to a brain tumour just weeks after her wedding has backed a ‘much-needed’ initiative for people with the disease.
Liz’s daughter Natalie, a food development technologist from Warwick, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in 2017.
She blogged during her illness to help raise awareness of brain tumours, and vowed throughout not to let cancer define her.
Liz, now an Involvement Champion with The Brain Tumour Charity, welcomed the launch of ACT-BT, highlighting the need for more accessible information about brain tumour clinical trials.
Dr Michele Afif, Chief Executive at The Brain Tumour Charity, said: “Brain tumours remain the biggest cancer killer of people under 40.