When Abi Phillips thinks over the last couple of years, it is not with fondness of the good times. While her friends were busy with their lives, Abi was being treated for cancer.
Experts say, it can take years for the condition to be diagnosed - with patients, who are usually women, still not being listened to when they go to the doctor,
Over the past 30 years, the number of young people in the UK aged between 25 and 49 diagnosed with cancer has increased by 22 per cent, according to latest figures.