Doctor's Diary: testing new drugs can be frustrating
Cassandra Jardine's contribution to the evaluation of a new cancer treatment was not in vain The late Cassandra Jardine, who wrote for The Daily Telegraph, was treated for non-smoking-related...
View ArticleRunaway Mother Still ’50/50′ About Treatment For Seven Year Old...
Posted: December 12, 2012 A woman who went missing with her seven-year-old son rather than let him receive lifesaving radiotherapy if the need arose, has been told that her son’s cancer has returned....
View ArticleBreast cancer could be treated by turning tumours into ball of ice
Breast cancer patients could be treated without surgery following the development of a technique that destroys tumours by turning them into a ball of ice. The new technique could be carried out...
View ArticleRunaway mother to allow treatment of son if cancer returns
Sally Roberts sparked a nationwide hunt after running away with her seven-year-old boy to prevent him receiving medical help Sally Roberts took her stand against treatment because of what she believed...
View ArticleBoy's brain tumour returns amid court battle
An Auckland mother at the centre of a British legal battle over treatment of her young son has learned his cancer has returned. Sally Roberts, 37, originally from New Zealand, went into hiding last...
View ArticleJudge delays ruling on brain tumour boy
A High Court judge yesterday cancelled a ruling on whether a seven-year-old boy should undergo radiotherapy treatment following surgery on a brain tumour. Mr Justice Bodey had heard that Neon...
View ArticleChange in condition postpones ruling on boy's cancer treatment
SALLY ROBERTS ran away with her seven-year-old son Neon and took him into hiding in Britain in a desperate attempt to seize back control of the way he was being treated for brain cancer. The...
View ArticleSally Roberts: runaway mother in despair as boy's cancer returns
A mother who ran away with her seven year-old son to prevent him receiving radiotherapy last night disclosed that his tumour has returned. Sally Roberts, who took her son Neon into hiding to prevent...
View ArticleSally Roberts: runaway mother will 'allow radiotherapy if son's cancer is...
A mother who ran away with her seven year-old son to prevent him receiving life-saving medical treatment admitted tonight that she would reconsider radiotherapy if his cancer had returned. Sally...
View ArticleNeon Roberts has a brain tumour but his mother stopped him from having...
The case of Neon Roberts - taken by his mother to prevent radiotherapy for a brain tumour - has taken a new twist Sally Roberts, who took her son Neon into hiding to prevent him having radiotherapy,...
View ArticleCourt orders surgery for boy with cancer
A 7-year-old boy at the centre of a Kiwi mum's court battle over his cancer treatment must undergo more surgery, a High Court judge in Britain has ruled. Sally Roberts, 37, has made headlines in...
View ArticleJudge overrules mother over cancer treatment for seven-year-old Neon Roberts
The child whose mother took him into hiding because she was afraid of the effects of the radiotherapy treatment doctors said he needed should undergo surgery on a brain tumour against her wishes, a...
View ArticleCancer mum has thought 'long and hard' about treating son - but has decided...
Sally Roberts, the mother who ran away with her son to prevent him receiving life-saving treatment, has said she does not consent to further surgery after doctors warned that the boy's brain tumour...
View ArticleSally Roberts has thought 'long and hard' about treating her son's cancer -...
Sally Roberts, the mother who ran away with her son to prevent him receiving life-saving treatment, has said she does not consent to further surgery after doctors warned that the boy's brain tumour...
View ArticleSally Roberts, a mother doesn’t always know best
A High Court Judge has ruled that Neon Roberts, seven, must have life-saving brain surgery against the wishes of his mother, Sally. Children need this protection, because Mother does not always know...
View ArticleCancer Boy Mum's Radiotherapy Fight: Ruling Due
A High Court judge is set to rule on whether a seven-year-old boy can have radiotherapy treatment following surgery on a brain tumour - against his mother's wishes. Sally Roberts, 37, says she fears...
View ArticleTumour girl was told she was only dehydrated
A 14-year-old girl was diagnosed with brain tumour just five weeks after being told by a doctor that she did not need a scan and that she was only suffering dehydration. 6:11AM GMT 20 Dec 2012 Olivia...
View ArticleNeon Roberts tumour radiotherapy ruling expected
The mother of a seven-year-old boy should hear later whether her son will be given radiotherapy treatment against her wishes. Neon Roberts underwent surgery on a cancerous brain tumour on Wednesday,...
View ArticleMum fights radiotherapy for cancer boy
A boy whose Kiwi mother refused to allow doctors to treat him for cancer has had successful brain surgery, but she is continuing to argue against radiotherapy. Neon Roberts' mother made headlines...
View ArticleMother continues radiotherapy fight
A boy whose Kiwi mother refused to allow doctors to treat him for cancer has had successful brain surgery, but she is continuing to argue against radiotherapy. Neon Roberts' mother made headlines...
View ArticleChild cancer expert: Neon Roberts will die without further treatment
Child cancer expert Dr Martin English says Neon Roberts has an 80 per cent chance of survival if he undergoes chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but any delay could reduce his chances. 560 315...
View Article'I can still talk, you know,' says brain tumour boy as he recovers from...
Neon Roberts, the boy at the centre of a row over whether he should undergo life-saving cancer surgery, was said to be “as sharp as ever” following an operation. Neon Roberts and his mother Sally....
View ArticleNeon Roberts: life saving surgery on brain tumour boy 'went well'
Life saving brain surgery performed on Neon Roberts, the boy at the centre of a row over whether he should undergo cancer treatment, "went well", a court heard today. Neon Roberts and his mother...
View ArticleMother's medical 'experts' couldn't spell name of son's disease
Sally Roberts, the mother battling against radiotherapy for her son's brain tumour, has recommended a non-medical doctor who couldn't spelt the name of her son's condition. Neon Roberts and his mother...
View ArticleNeon Roberts' Mum Loses Cancer Treatment Case
A High Court judge has ruled that a seven-year-old boy should have radiotherapy treatment for cancer - against his mother's wishes. Sally Roberts, 37, has argued that radiotherapy will cause her son...
View ArticleNeon Roberts: Tumour case a parental dilemma
The outcome of the Neon Roberts court case was never in doubt. On one side there was Neon's entire medical team, and the weight of evidence from peer-reviewed cancer studies who agree that he urgently...
View ArticleCancer boy's mother denies NZ flight
Seven-hour surgery to remove boy's 1.5cm tumour successful The mother fighting to stop radiotherapy for her young son's cancer has denied she would flee with him to New Zealand. Sally Roberts gave...
View ArticleJudge orders cancer treatment for young boy
A British High Court judge has ordered cancer treatment to begin on a seven-year-old boy whose treatment his New Zealand mother has been trying to stop. Sally Roberts, 37, formerly of Auckland,...
View ArticleNeon Roberts father 'relieved' with court radiotherapy decision
Gwen Williams, solicitor for Neon Roberts' father, says he is relieved that his son will receive treatment without delay after a court ruled he can receive radiotherapy. 560 315...
View ArticleNeon Roberts: judge criticises mother over lost cancer treatment legal row
A judge expressed concern today at a mother’s attitude to her son’s welfare after she lost her High Court battle to prevent him receiving radiotherapy treatment. Image 1 of 2 Sally Roberts arrives at...
View ArticleNeon Roberts: High Court judge to rule on boy's cancer treatment
Sally Roberts will learn today if she has won her legal battle to prevent doctors giving her seven-year-old son Neon life–saving cancer treatment to fight a brain tumour. Sally Roberts, left, fears...
View ArticleNeon Roberts: mother believes life-saving cancer treatment is 'out of date'
A mother at the centre of a bitter legal row over her seven year-old son’s cancer treatment believes that life-saving radiotherapy and chemotherapy is “out of date”, a court heard today. Sally...
View ArticleNeon Roberts: mother loses legal battle to prevent son receiving life-saving...
A mother today lost her bitter legal fight to prevent her seven year-old son, Neon Roberts, receiving life-saving cancer treatment. Image 1 of 2 Sally Roberts arrives at The High Court in central...
View ArticleCancer Boy Mum's Treatment Fight: Ruling Due
A High Court judge is set to rule on whether a seven-year-old boy can have radiotherapy treatment following surgery on a brain tumour - against his mother's wishes. Sally Roberts, 37, says she fears...
View ArticleJudge overrules mother over cancer treatment for boy, 7
A High Court judge today said a seven-year-old boy at the centre of a legal dispute over cancer treatment could undergo more surgery. Neon Roberts has had surgery on a brain tumour, Mr Justice Bodey...
View ArticleCancer Boy's Mum Tells Court: I'm Not Bonkers
A mother who has refused to let her seven-year-old son have radiotherapy treatment following surgery for a brain tumour has returned to the High Court. Sally Roberts, 37, says she fears that...
View ArticleJudge overrules mother on boy's surgery
LONDON: A seven-year-old boy at the centre of a legal dispute over cancer treatment is due to undergo more surgery on a brain tumour in Britain on Wednesday, against his New Zealand mother's wishes....
View ArticleKiwi mum continues cancer court battle
A New Zealand woman who does not want her seven-year-old son to have radiotherapy treatment following surgery on a brain tumour has renewed her British High Court fight. Sally Roberts, who comes from...
View ArticleMore to benefit from 'Lockerbie bomber' prostate cancer drug
Thousands more men with advanced prostate cancer could benefit from a drug which was used to prolong the life of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, say scientists. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi...
View ArticleNeon Roberts to have radiotherapy against mother's wishes
Judge rules boy, aged seven, should undergo treatment to fight brain tumour despite Sally Roberts' opposition Neon Roberts will have radiotherapy, after a high court ruling. Photograph: Devon And...
View ArticleRuling backs boy's cancer surgery
A seven-year-old boy at the centre of a legal dispute over cancer treatment is due to undergo more surgery on a brain tumour on Wednesday - against his mother's wishes. Sally Roberts wanted any...
View ArticleSurgery 'went well' for cancer boy at centre of legal dispute Neon Roberts...
A woman who does not want her seven-year-old son to have radiotherapy treatment following surgery on a brain tumour renewed her High Court fight today. Sally Roberts, 37, of Brighton, East Sussex,...
View ArticleCancer Boy's Mum In Last Plea Before Ruling
A woman who wants to stop doctors giving radiotherapy treatment to her seven-year-old son following surgery on a brain tumour is acting merely out of love, a High Court judge has heard. Mr Justice...
View ArticleCancer Boy Mum In Last Plea Before Ruling
A woman who wants to stop doctors giving radiotherapy treatment to her seven-year-old son following surgery on a brain tumour is acting merely out of love, a High Court judge has heard. Mr Justice...
View ArticleTumour boy can undergo radiotherapy
A High Court judge has ruled that a seven-year-old boy can receive radiotherapy for a cancerous brain tumour against the wishes of his mother - whose judgment, he said, had "gone awry". Mr Justice...
View ArticleMother loses legal fight to stop son's cancer radiotherapy
LONDON (Reuters) - A mother in Britain, who was so desperate to stop her cancer-stricken son having to undergo conventional medical treatment that she went into hiding with him, lost a court battle on...
View ArticleMother loses UK legal fight to stop son's cancer radiotherapy
LONDON: A mother in Britain, who was so desperate to stop her cancer-stricken son having to undergo conventional medical treatment that she went into hiding with him, lost a court battle on Friday to...
View ArticleWoman who ran away with her cancer sufferer son 'may agree to radiotherapy'
A woman who ran away with her seven-year-old son to stop him having cancer treatment said she will agree to radiotherapy if doctors find his brain tumour has returned. Sally Roberts, 37, disappeared...
View ArticleMother 'may agree to radiotherapy'
A woman who ran away with her seven-year-old son to stop him having cancer treatment said she will agree to radiotherapy if doctors find his brain tumour has returned. Sally Roberts, 37, disappeared...
View ArticleNeon Roberts cancer court battle: Radiotherapy to be given
A seven-year-old boy will be given radiotherapy treatment against his mother's wishes, a judge has ruled. Neon Roberts has undergone two operations to remove a cancerous brain tumour and nodule, but...
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