Emily Clark hit the headlines earlier this year when it was revealed that she only found out she was suffering from life-threatening cancer because her skinny jeans couldn’t do up.
After battling (and beating) Non Hodgkin (Burkitts) Lymphoma – cancer of the lymphatic system – the 16-year-old Welsh student started up a blog to help fellow teenage sufferers and raise of awareness of what we can all do to help beat the disease, including signing up to the bone marrow transplant list.
Emily has now been snapped up by an Italian journalist, Rebecca Domino, who is hoping to change the perception of teenage cancers in the European country.
Emily told Wales Online: ‘Teenage cancer is not a stigma in Italy, it’s a taboo subject.’
‘Rebecca writes about teenagers with cancer in Italy and discovered there was no specific provision in her country.
‘She was horrified and started a website and hopes to get something like the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) for Italy.’
Emily was only diagnosed with cancer last December, after noticing she was suffering from severe bloating, but admits that was her only symptom.
After opting for private health care, she had four months of treatment including chemotherapy, lumbar punctures and monoclonal antibody therapy, before being told she was in remission during April 2014.
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