A BRAVE mum battling breast cancer needs to raise £180,000 for lifesaving treatment in the US.

Debbie Bolaky, from Colchester, was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer in 2014.

After chemotherapy and a mastectomy she and her family believed she was in remission.

However when Debbie, 56, was rushed to hospital in 2016, with what was initially thought to be a series of strokes, tests showed the cancer had spread to her brain.

She now has the opportunity to receive a trial treatment in the USA, called Chimeric Antigen Receptor.

The therapy is a completely new type of treatment that uses the immune system to kill cancer cells.

It is designed for people with advanced progressing blood cancers who have limited treatment options. It is now being tested on solid tumours.

Until recently the use of treatment has been restricted to small clinical trials, but the programme is being expanded.

Debbie said: “I am one of the very few people in the world to be offered a trial for Cell therapy in the USA.

“There is nothing else like this anywhere in the UK.

“Although this type of therapy is available for blood cancer here on the NHS it is not available for breast cancer.

“This cutting-edge technology is personalised to my specific cancer in the brain - without this treatment my options are very limited.

“To put this very plainly - I want to live.

“If this treatment is successful it could not only save my life but could potentially open doors to others who have my disease and could save countless lives.”

Debbie and her family are appealing for help to fund this trial in the US and help pioneer this treatment for others.

Husband, Jay, and daughter, Jess, 29, have organised countless fundraising events, such as black-tie dinners and sky-dives, in a bid to raise money to keep Debbie alive.

They are now turning to their community for vital support in raising the £180,000 needed.

She added: “Living with cancer is intense. As a family we spend every waking hour thinking about it and how we can fight it.

“It feels like we’re all struggling to survive in a world dominated by cancer.

“This new treatment has given us some much needed hope.”

Visit https://uk.gofundme.com/debbies-fight-against-cancer.