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Mum of little Scots boy with brain tumour has fresh hope after doctors remove growth

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mum sought a second opinion.On June 1, doctors told Karen and Andrew Stirrat that their four-year-old son Caleb only had months left to live when his atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour (ATRT) returned weeks after he had been given the all clear.Refusing to give up hope, the devastated Clydebank family searched for treatment for their son.Within days they found an oncologist in Manchester who agreed to put Caleb on a clinical trial - after the growth was removed.Glasgow Royal Hospital for Children then agreed to carry out the surgery and Caleb went under the knife on June 15.Mum Karen, 35, believes pushing for the treatment has given her son a better chance at life.She told the Record: "Caleb had the surgery and we knew when he went in there.

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