'I have been given a lifeline'

When Susan James was told she had breast cancer, she vowed that she would live to dance at her grandson's wedding.

Gregory, her first grandchild, was only three years old when she was diagnosed with lymphoma - one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer.

She had a 7cm lump removed as well as many of her lymph nodes.

After the surgery Mrs James, 59, was given the drug Tamoxifen but had to stop taking it after five years, when it can start to poison the body.

She went on the trial of Femara 18 months ago. She said: "Femara felt like a lifeline. I had to come off Tamoxifen and I was worrying the cancer would come back.

"So I agreed to go on the trial and last October I was told I was on the real Femara, not the placebo. It makes you feel so much better that you are doing all you can to stop the cancer coming back.

"Gregory is 11 now and I still hope to be dancing at his wedding.

"I've had four other grandsons since then, and I wouldn't have been around for that. Femara has given me my life back."