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Courageous Lanarkshire teen who survived leukaemia thanks to a clinical trial pursues nursing dream

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An inspirational East Kilbride teenager studying to become a nurse is living proof that trials of new treatments for children with cancer can save lives.Katie Currie was just three years old when diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.Her parents Neil and Siobhan said they felt like their world came crashing down, as months of treatment began.Then two years later in 2008, aged five, Katie relapsed.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Katie began a clinical trial that Cancer Research UK helped fund for a new chemotherapy treatment called mitoxantrone, and the trial results were striking.Mitoxantrone proved so effective that all children taking part in the trial were put on the new chemotherapy drug as soon as possible.Now Katie, who is in remission, is sharing her remarkable story to support Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September.She is passionate about giving back after the treatment she’s received, and that starts with studying for a degree in child health nursing at Edinburgh Napier University.Katie, 19, said: “I am living proof that clinical trials work and feel proud I took part in a trial that

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