A mum's battle with a "sneaky" form of breast cancer spurred her on to scale Roseberry Topping 22 times in one day. When Guisborough mum-of-three Melissa Robinson was told two years ago she had invasive lobular breast cancer, she admits it was a cancer "I knew nothing about".
Clinicians told her it was a "sneaky" cancer that, unlike the more common ductal cancer, doesn't always form a lump and can remain undetected in mammograms and ultrasounds. Each day in the UK, 22 people are diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer, making it the second most common form – about 15pc of all cases. As a result, 22 has become a symbolic number for Melissa and fellow patients.
In June, she was one of 22 women who stood for 22 minutes outside Downing Street to raise awareness of a campaign to fun