We thought our daughter was just tiny... but she really had one of the rarest disorders in the world
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA little girl with an extremely rare condition is battling cancer for the third time – despite only being five years old. Holly Prince was first diagnosed with Bloom Syndrome after her family noticed she was growing slowly.
The youngster, from Hindley, is just one of 300 people who suffer from the rare disorder worldwide. People with the condition can be of unusually small size, have sensitivity to sunlight, immune system deficiencies and an extraordinarily high risk of developing cancer.
Currently, there is no cure for Bloom Syndrome. The average life expectancy is 27. READ MORE: Dog virus 'spreading like wildfire' as hundreds struck down with illness - a vet has now spoken out Holly was three when her parents Mark and Jenny received the diagnosis in March 2020.
Just months later, she developed a rare kidney cancer and had to undergo seven rounds of chemotherapy. Holly had her kidney removed and was declared cancer-free in summer 2021.
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