Brave brain tumour tot jets off to New York for life-saving vaccine after public raise £300k

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A little girl who has beat cancer into remission is jetting off to New York for specialist treatment to ensure it never returns.Ava Bolton, 4, is heading for the Big Apple next week where her family hope a pioneering vaccine which will give her the best chance of living a long and healthy future.

Ava, from Mauchline, East Ayrshire, is marking the end of an 18 month long battle with stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma – a rare but extremely aggressive childhood cancer, which left her with a 50 per cent survival rate over five years.But the youngster's cancer has a high risk of returning and can leave a relapsing patient with just a five per cent chance of surviving.

This prompted her family to take on their own fight of their lives - in a battle to raise over £300k to get Ava specialist treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Centre in the states, where specialist medics have developed the jab that could stop her cancer coming back.

Dad Scott, 35, told the Record: “We’re all absolutely thrilled that Ava has beaten cancer.“She’s shown so much strength and courage every step of the way.“18 months ago, our world collapsed and I remember we were looking at a scan that showed cancer from Ava’s head to her ankles.