Media Stories

Click to read: Neck check to save a life “The Butterfly Cancer Trust, so named because the thyroid gland is the shape of a butterfly, aims to highlight the importance of getting any lumps in the neck checked out.” (Morpeth Herald, September 2011)

Click to read: Radiation treatment meant mother could not touch son “A mum was forced to stay away from her baby son after being given potentially dangerous treatment when she found she had a rare form of cancer.” (Hartlepool Mail, September 2011)

Click to read: Changing Lives “The personal and moving story of a very special lady, Kate Farnell.” (Living North magazine, January 2010)

Click to read: Mum backs new cancer treatment service “A mum has backed a new service to improve the ongoing treatment of patients with thyroid cancer . . .” (Shields Gazette, July 2009)

Click to read: New service offers hope for thyroid cancer patients “A new service pioneered in the North East is giving fresh hope to thyroid cancer patients . . .” (Journal, July 2009)

Click to read: Four doctors said it was harmless “Fiona Jones gently rubbed in her moisturiser then paused. At the base of her neck she could feel a lump about the size of a walnut. “I’d better get the doctor to look at this”, she thought . . .” (Take a Break, March 2007)

Click to read ‘I cheated death twice then found love’ ““I was lying on a beautiful beach in Thailand when I found a lump on my leg . . .” (Woman’s Own, October 2005)”