Aspiring nurse Siobhan Cunning lost her mum Christine Mann to a glioblastoma.
A woman from Coatbridge told how her mother dying from a brain tumour just two years after being diagnosed inspired her to become a nurse.
Read more: Glasgow IT expert with sickening stash of child and animal abuse images sparks security fears "What happened to her made me want to be a nurse. We were told it was a glioblastoma and they wouldn't be able to operate because it was in such a sensitive location." "Thankfully, mum was alive when I got accepted from the university. I was so proud, and she was too."
The 42-year-old said: "The statistics for brain tumours are shocking and so little funding is given towards this devastating disease. Brain tumours should have the same importance as other cancers and more needs to be done to find a cure.
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