I'll now be here to see my two children grow up

MUM WHOSE LIFE WAS SAVED MAKES PLEA FOR MORE WOMEN FROM BLACK, ASIAN AND ETHNIC MINORITY BACKGROUNDS TO TAKE PART IN CANCER TRIALS

- SOPHIE HALLE-RICHARDS

WHEN Jasmin David received the devastating news that her breast cancer had returned, the prognosis wasn't good.

Two years after her initial diagnosis and treatment at the Christie Hospital, this time, she was told the cancer had spread to her lungs, lymph nodes and chest bone.

The mum-of-two, from Fallowfield, was told she had less than a year to live, meaning she'd miss out on watching her two children grow up. It was a heartbreaking blow.

But then she received an invitation, offering her the chance to take part in a clinical trial at the National Institute for Health and Care Research Manchester Clinical Research Facility.

Jasmin accepted and took part in the clinical trial.

It was a decision that saved her life and now she is living cancer-free.

"If I hadn't gone to that trial at the Christie Hospital, I wouldn't be here today," she said. "I have two children and now I get to be here for them as they grow up. Research gave me a second chance of life and now I'm relishing every second of it."