Four-year-old faces long journeys for brain tumour treatment

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 16 Oct, 18:38 · Archive

A four-year-old boy from Kent is undergoing chemotherapy after his brain tumour regrew following surgery.

Johnathan Greenwood, aged four, is facing lengthy journeys from his home near Dover in Kent to the Royal Marsden hospital in Sutton for cancer treatment after his brain tumour regrew. He first fell ill when he was three, experiencing episodes of 'spacing out' in a daze. Over two to three weeks these episodes became more frequent and intense, leading his parents to take him to A&E where a CT scan revealed a mass on his brain.

Johnathan was taken to King's College Hospital and underwent surgery to remove the tumour in November. His mother Molly Greenwood said the operation went well and he recovered within days, with his seizures stopping. In January, doctors identified the tumour as a rare type involving a PLAG1 fusion. However, an MRI scan around June or July showed the tumour had grown back.

He has since begun chemotherapy at the Royal Marsden to treat the recurrence. The family now faces regular 78-mile journeys between Kent and Sutton for his treatment.

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• Boy, 4, faces 78-mile Kent-to-Sutton journeys as mystery brain tumour returnsA four-year-old boy is facing long journeys from Kent to Sutton for cancer treatment after undergoing two operations on a brain tumour.Croydon Guardian · 16 Oct, 18:00
• Boy, 4, faces 78-mile Kent-to-Sutton journeys as mystery brain tumour returnsA four-year-old boy is facing long journeys from Kent to Sutton for cancer treatment after undergoing two operations on a brain tumour.News Shopper · 16 Oct, 18:00

In this story: Johnathan Greenwood · Molly Greenwood · Royal Marsden · King's College Hospital · Kent · Sutton · Dover

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