A newlywed police officer is in the desperate fight of her life with a rare and highly aggressive brain cancer which has slim survival odds.
Bianca Amore-Cortez has spent more than 10 years serving and helping the community as a police senior constable, most recently in crime prevention and education.
The mum-of-four, 44, from Townsville in North Queensland is now in need of a helping hand herself as she fights terminal stage four glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive and fastest-growing form of brain cancer.
Patients are given an average 12-15 months to live but a few have lived up to five years.