A MOTHER who nursed her girl through leukaemia is being treated for breast cancer.

Linda Webster, 45, has launched a fundraising campaign after she was diagnosed with breast cancer four months ago.

The news came only three years after her daughter, Rebecca, now seven, finished a 26-month course of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Mrs Webster, from Hutton Rudby, near Yarm, east Cleveland, said: "I remember sitting in front of the consultant, hearing the word cancer and thinking 'not again'.

"It's the kind of experience you cannot imagine happening once, let alone twice."

Rebecca was only 23 months old when she was diagnosed with leukaemia.

She was sent for tests at the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough.

The family were referred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), in Newcastle, the next day.

Ms Webster said: "The first year of Rebecca's treatment was very hard. Our son, Jonathan, was just six months old at the time. We had to drop him off with my parents in Ouston every time we went to the RVI with Rebecca.

"And when something went wrong, it always seemed to be in the middle of the night."

Just as the family was getting back to normal, Ms Hutton was diagnosed with cancer.

She had a mastectomy in June and started chemotherapy in July, followed by radiotherapy.

To show his support, her husband, Richard, a dentist in Yarm, decided to have his head shaved to raise money for charity.

He raised more than £2,000, for Cancer Research UK and the Tyneside Leukaemia Research Association.

Ms Hutton is encouraging people to back Cancer Research UK's new breast cancer awareness and fundraising campaign -All Women Together - next month.

People can show their support by wearing new wristbands available from Cancer Research shops for £1.

To find out more visit about cancer fundraising, go to www.cancerresearchuk.org/ breastcancer or call (08701) 602040.