Kelly Harrop, 48, is sharing her story in support of the launch of the More Research, Less Cancer campaign - which aims to raise £400m to help accelerate progress in the fight against the disease.
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00:32 Because I took part in Tracer X, they
00:34 monitored me longer than the normal five years.
00:38 And when I went this time, I was hoping to be discharged.
00:42 But they actually said no.
00:46 They found more-- you know, they found more cancer.
00:50 So if I hadn't have been checked up on for all that time,
00:54 I wouldn't know anything about it, really.
00:58 So because I have the ALK gene, I'm on a targeted therapy
01:03 treatment.
01:05 So they can't cure my cancer, but they can slow it down
01:10 with the targeted therapy.
01:13 I don't know how long it will be or whatever,
01:17 but I'll just keep doing my normal things
01:20 until I can no longer do my normal things, really.
01:25 Cancer is a strange thing.
01:27 It keeps changing all the time.
01:30 And it's hard for people to keep up with,
01:33 because it changes so much.
01:35 And not one treatment is the same for one person.
01:39 And so it just needs so much more money in order
01:44 so that they can just keep researching and try and find
01:48 a way to either cure it or make it easier for people
01:53 when they do have cancer.
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