THE mum of a five-year-old girl suffering the recurrence of a rare cancer has launched a fundraising campaign to get her back on a US-based vaccine trial.
Flora Gentleman was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when she was just two in 2021 an aggressive childhood cancer with a 50 percent chance of long-term survival.
After more than a year of NHS treatment, Flora's family were told she had no signs of active disease meaning that she was eligible for a rare New York-based vaccine trial, aimed at preventing relapses.
The East Lothian family and their community rallied together, managing to raise £305,000 in a fundraising campaign - and, in September 2022, Flora began the trial.
Flora, who has also been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and is currently non-verbal, flew with her family to New York three times, receiving six vaccines.
However, last September, a scan revealed Flora had relapsed, requiring her to leave the trial and undergo further NHS chemotherapy and immunotherapy in Edinburgh.
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