'My terminal cancer was caused by hugging my brother too much' View 2 Images

A gran with terminal cancer fears her illness was caused by deadly asbestos dust on the clothes of her brother who she hugged every day after work. Marie Pickup, 68, was sent for a routine chest X-ray for former smokers last year - which picked up concerning changes in her abdomen.

Doctors found she had peritoneal mesothelioma - a type of cancer that affects the lining of the abdomen linked to asbestos exposure. Marie says she used to hug her brother as soon as he came home from work at the Blackburn Corporation - now Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council - where he was a joiner between 1980-1985.

Marie, who has three kids and two grandchildren, believes his dust-covered work-clothes may have exposed her to a

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