Police officer fighting cancer that started as mole on her back

SARAH WANTS TO BE THERE FOR HER DAUGHTERS

- By SOFIE JACKSON [e-mail]

A LONG-serving police officer is “fighting for more tomorrows” after receiving the news her skin cancer has spread.

Sarah Carr, 49, from Hull, was diagnosed with melanoma in 2016 when she was six months pregnant with her second daughter.

Melanoma is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK, with cases rising. Sarah's only symptom was a mole on her back which had existed for years before it began to grow.

Despite going through numerous surgeries and rounds of immunotherapy at Castle Hill Hospital over the past nine years, Sarah has maintained a positive attitude. Sadly, she recently made the difficult decision to tell her daughters, age 13 and nine, about her diagnosis.