Brain tumour boy Ashya King is free of cancer after proton therapy, parents say

‘Ashya King is free of cancer after he was given treatment not available for him on the NHS, his parents have claimed.

The five-year-old’s family have told of his “miracle” recovery, as the centre where he was treated declared him cancer-free, The Sun reported.

Ashya’s mother Naghmeh, who alongside her husband Brett sparked an international manhunt last summer by removing the little boy from hospital in Southampton without medical consent, described the news as incredible.

“If we had left Ashya with the NHS in Britain, he would not be with us today. He was too weak and would not have survived,” she told the paper.’

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