At the age of 33, Dr Vicky Clement-Jones was embarking on a brilliant career in research medicine. Out of the blue she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and given only months to live. The initial appalling shock was swiftly followed by a sense of outrage, that familiar 'why me?' syndrome experienced by so many cancer patients.

Vicky refused to be beaten. She vowed to fight the disease with all the personal resources at her command: her medical knowledge, her formidable determination, her enduring optimism, and last, but by no means least, the support and love of her husband, her large family and her many friends.

This is the extraordinary human story behind Cancerbackup which, since its launch in 1985, has helped many hundreds of thousands of cancer patients and their friends and families. Thrilling and heartwarming, it is a moving account of one woman's unflinching dedication to realise her 'rather grand dream.'

'Vicky Clement-Jones is one of Nature's great human beings,' said the actress Janet Suzman. As all who knew her can vouch, Vicky had a wonderful capacity to 'find good in everything,' even the tragedy of her own life, cut short by cancer. Through the foundation of Cancerbackup she has made a lasting and very special gift of her visionary and charismatic personality.