's mother has revealed she is once again 'fighting for her life' after beating breast cancer more than a decade ago.

Dolores Aveiro, 64, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, and underwent surgery and radio therapy.

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The mother-of-four has now revealed she has had an operation on her other breast, as well as a new course of radiotherapy.

It is the first donation he has given us. We were expecting it because he told us at the end of last year that he would do it.

We are going to build a small centre in the garden of the Hospital Central, to give support to cancer patients.

A friend of the footballer was quoted as saying: 'Cristiano will be eternally grateful to the doctors and nurses who saved his mum´s life.

He wanted to show them how much he appreciated what they did for him.

He knows how devastating cancer can be for both the patient and their families, and wanted to do something to ease some of that suffering.

There was no immediate reaction from the Juventus striker to his mum's dramatic new health revelation.

The footballer's alcoholic dad Dinis drank himself into an early grave in September 2005.

The Juventus forward is currently helping girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez, 25, following the death of her 70-year-old dad Jorge Eduardo in his native Argentina.

Credits: Daily Mail