IN JAMAICA: 18-year-old Kirby Campbell, Young cancer patient cries out I have so much more to achieve, says St Hugh’s graduate.....cost for radiotherapy is $1.9 million. Chemotherapy medication... PLEASE PLEASE HELP! Campbell made a special appeal to those who wished to assist for them to contact her at (876) 505-8939, or her mother at (876) 880-9343.

SEPTEMBER 10 last year started as just a regular day for 18-year-old Kirby Campbell, as she journeyed from the University of the West Indies where she was studying International Relations, to her home in Kingston 2.

But while heading home on a bus, Campbell said that a young man decided to touch her on her buttocks. The no-nonsense teenager turned to ask him if he was a pervert, which angered the man. As she stepped off the bus along Windward Road, the man punched Campbell in the face, and jumped back on the moving bus.

The impact caused Campbell's head to forcefully jerk backwards, which was later followed by a swollen neck, head and face.

18-year-old Kirby Campbell

Today, four months later, Campbell is admitted in the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) where she is fighting cancer in her neck, known as Squamous Cell Carcinoma, which has been growing aggressively since.

Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) is an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells arising in the squamous cells, which compose most of the skin's upper layers (the epidermis). SCCs often appear as scaly red patches, open sores, elevated growths with a central depression, or warts which may crust or bleed. SCC is mainly caused by cumulative ultra violet (UV) exposure over a course of time. It can cause one to disfigure and can also become deadly if allowed to grow. more