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Maya with her Dad Steve

Maya beats the odds twice

Maya Perrin Skippen was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour when she was four years old. She's beaten the odds twice.

A family from Hornchurch are beginning their lives again, after their young daughter survived a brain tumour.

Maya Perrin Skippen was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour when she was four years old and was given a 50 per cent chance of surviving.

Since then she has beaten the odds twice and now her family are talking about the experience.

You can listen to Maya's father Steve and Maya herself talking to John Hayes by clicking on the link below.

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last updated: 18/01/2008 at 13:17
created: 17/01/2008

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