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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Health
Susan Newton & Ellie Kemp

Brave toddler son of former Blackburn Rovers footballer given devastating diagnosis

The family of a three-year-old boy have been given the tragic news that his cancer has spread. Rio Spurr's parents, Tommy and Chloe, were told he had cancer in April.

Further tests uncovered that he has a rare type of kidney cancer known as Wilms tumour, that only around 80 children are diagnosed with in the UK each year. The family, from the Ribble Valley, were told that Rio had stage four cancer - and sadly a large tumour on his right kidney had spread to his lungs, with a tumour on each.

Chloe's cousin, Orla told LancsLive : "It's just been so hard for Chloe, a year before his diagnosis she lost her sister. When they found out about Rio it was the anniversary of her death as well. They wanted to keep it quiet at first and not make it such a big deal and were quite reluctant to fundraise too.

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