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Abigail Nicholson & Tim Hanlon

Parents 'knew something was wrong' as girl, 6, with sore back gets 'chilling' diagnosis

Parents of a six-year-old girl have told how she was diagnosed with an "unknown tumour" after she had been suffering from backache for several months.

Leah's parents Stephen Bennett and Claire were shown a 3D print of the tumour, which measured around nine centimetres long and was wrapped around her spine and blood vessels.

And Claire persuaded surgeons from Alder Hey and Royal Liverpool hospitals to carry out a risky six hour operation following a year of treatment after she had been diagnosed in 2019.

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