A pioneering cancer trial has amazed doctors after a terminally-ill British schoolgirl’s brain tumour has started disappearing.
Lucy Moroney, nine, is in Monteray, Mexico, for a revolutionary chemotherapy trial that involves injecting drugs via the artery directly into the tumour, in a treatment that is not yet available in Europe.
Just a few months ago, Lucy from the Wirral, was told she had an inoperable child brain tumour, known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
Unable to swallow or walk, on August 21 Lucy flew thousands of miles for one last attempt to save her short life.
After just three rounds of therapy, doctors have told Lucy’s family the area around her tumour almost ‘looks normal’.
Lucy’s diagnosis is the third tragedy her family have had to endure, after the sudden loss of her six months pregnant mother aged just 33 in 2012, as well as the baby passing away just hours later.
