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Jonathan Geddes

Family's heartache as Lanarkshire tot faces daily chemotherapy sessions to combat cancer

The family of a Lanarkshire tot undergoing daily chemotherapy to treat a rare tumour, will hold a fun day this summer to raise funds for the hospital treating him.

Luca Brannan was just four-months-old when doctors discovered he had an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) that needed treatment.

The tumours are often benign, but that was not the case with Luca's, meaning the youngster requires chemotherapy twice a day, every day. That is married with a cocktail of drugs to help in his plight.

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