Beau Hepworth had a tumor roughly the size of a football in her abdomen.
One of the most common symptoms of neuroblastoma is a large lump or swelling in the child's abdomen.
Now aged 5, Beau Hepworth has undergone high-dose chemotherapy, surgery to remove the tumor, a stem cell transplant, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy. Neuroblastoma treatment is often carried out in three phases, and Hepworth is currently in her final phase., in which case her prospects of long-term survival would be just 10 percent.
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