'The fact we're not both struggling... is a massive comfort'
A mum-of-two who was given heartbreaking news from medics says her devastating diagnosis has saved her brother's life. Charlotte Brah was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 35 and has since been told she has weeks or months left to live.
Dev was able to have his entire stomach removed before the cancer developed. Despite some complications, he is now on the path to recovery. Charlotte found a lump on her breast on May 20, 2020. “I was literally just getting changed one night, took my bra off, gave a rub and thought: ‘Oh, that wasn’t there before, I better get that checked’,” Charlotte said.
They discovered she was carrying a genetic mutation in one of her genes dubbed CDH1, linked to the production of a protein called epithelial cadherin or E-cadherin - which helps cells stick together to form tissue and organs. Mutations of the CDH1 gene have been associated with a greater risk of stomach and breast cancer, according to the NHS.
“Because I wasn’t poorly, I was a full-time working dad seven days a week, just living my day to day life as I always have. She said ‘you must do it’, so I did it, and found that I already had active cancer cells in my stomach. It was very early stages but it was already there.”
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