'It was too late for my mum, but hopefully we can save others...'

HEALTH CHIEF BELIEVES ₤4M FUNDING BOOST CAN HELP INCREASE SURVIVAL CHANCES FOR 'FORGOTTEN CANCER'

- NEAL KEELING

HER mother could not be saved. But Rebecca Fletcher hopes others with a 'forgotten' cancer will have a better chance of survival thanks to new research.

Oldham's public health director Rebecca lost her mum, Lesley, to lung cancer just two months after she was diagnosed.

Rebecca, who lives in Salford with partner Mike, recalls Lesley always smoking from her being a youngster in the 1970s.