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Liverpool Echo
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Abigail Nicholson

Schoolboy, 12, 'getting back to how he was' after finding lump on neck

A schoolboy who fought the challenge of his life after finding a lump on his neck is "getting back to how he was before".

Alfie Yardley, from Widnes was taken to the doctors by his mum in October 2020 after she found a large lump on his neck. He was given a course of antibiotics but nothing improved after five days.

Alfie returned to hospital five days later and underwent an ultrasound test before undergoing a biopsy to remove a lymph node in his neck. Tests confirmed the then 10-year-old had stage three nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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