Family call for paediatric cancer treatment reform after daughter’s death

17-year-old Isla Sneddon, from Airdrie, lived for just six months after her diagnosis.

The parents of a teenage girl who died from breast cancer say they may have had more time with their daughter if she’d been treated the same as an adult.

17-year-old Isla Sneddon, from Airdrie, lived for just six months after her diagnosis.

Doctors had downgraded her urgent referral because of her age.

Today, her family were at the Scottish Parliament calling for immediate reform to the way paediatric cancer patients are treated.

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Last updated Jan 21st, 2026 at 19:33

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