four-year-old boy resides life to the total following the success of proton beam remedy for his uncommon mind tumour.
Teddy Slade was simply 18 months previous when he underwent proton remedy on the NHS making him the youngest affected person within the nation to be handled on the UK’s first excessive vitality centre.
After surgical procedure to take away the tumour, Teddy was given proton beam remedy within the NHS centre at The Christie in Manchester for six and half weeks.
A prognosis like Teddy’s is terrifying and devastating
Now Teddy, who lives in Stockport with mother and father Amy and Dan, solely wants common check-ups to watch his progress and enjoys pre-school and a traditional life.
Proton beam remedy is a sort of radiotherapy that makes use of a beam of excessive vitality protons, that are small components of atoms, to deal with particular kinds of most cancers.
The remedy permits a dose of excessive vitality protons to be exactly focused at a tumour, lowering the harm to surrounding wholesome tissues and very important organs.
Mrs Slade stated: “A prognosis like Teddy’s is terrifying and devastating. Nevertheless, the proton beam centre at The Christie is a spot of hope.
“It was an enormous shock when Teddy was recognized as he was so younger and to be informed he had a mind tumour was completely heartbreaking.
Dame Cally Palmer, NHS England’s nationwide most cancers director, stated: “Since Teddy first obtained proton beam remedy remedy at The Christie, over 700 sufferers within the UK, together with 300 youngsters, have benefited from this pioneering remedy within the NHS.
“In the previous couple of months we’ve got additionally opened a second centre at UCLH in London, that means much more sufferers now have entry to this world-class, revolutionary take care of most cancers.
“It is a main milestone for the NHS and marks the completion of our plans to ship proton beam remedy within the UK and remodel most cancers remedy throughout the nation.”
Teddy’s advisor at The Christie, Gillian Whitfield, stated: “It’s nice to see Teddy doing so properly and we have been thrilled to have the ability to assist him right here at The Christie.
“With the ability to give sufferers like Teddy this very important proton beam remedy within the UK is implausible, because it not solely reduces the side-effects of remedy, but additionally means households don’t need to journey overseas as many did earlier than the NHS opened the centre right here in Manchester.”
