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Liverpool Echo
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Patrick Edrich

Boy, 5, who died of brain tumour 'impacted people's lives in such positive way'

A five-year-old football-mad boy who died of a brain tumour "impacted so many people's lives in such a positive way".

Nathaniel Gidman, known as Nate, died in February last year after being diagnosed with Medulloblastoma - a cancerous brain tumour found in children. The youngster, who started becoming sick every day "like clockwork" in 2020, was originally told his health problems were due to an aggressive fever.

However a scan later revealed Nate had a mass in his head which was diagnosed as a brain tumour. A week before his fourth birthday surgeons managed to safely remove 90% of the tumour. But in November 2021, Nate's family were given the heartbreaking news the cancer was terminal. Nate died three months later.

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