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Wales Online
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Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor & Will Maule

Four-year-old Teddy celebrates success of brain tumour therapy

A four-year-old boy is living life to the full following the success of proton beam therapy for his rare brain tumour.

Teddy Slade was just 18 months old when he underwent proton treatment on the NHS, making him the youngest patient in the country to be treated at the UK’s first high energy centre.

After surgery to remove the tumour, Teddy was given proton beam therapy in the NHS centre at The Christie in Manchester for six and half weeks.

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