Young footballer starts chemotherapy just three weeks after seeing GP

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An 'exceptional' young footballer has started having chemotherapy treatment for an aggressive cancer just three weeks after first seeing a GP.

Callum Lane saw his doctor after his younger brother spotted some lumps on his neck, the Liverpool Echo reports. Since his GP appointment three weeks ago, things 'moved really quickly' as the 14-year-old was diagnosed with an aggressive form of T-cell lymphoma - a type of cancer that affects the lymph nodes.

Callum, from Runcorn, has completed his first course of treatment at Alder Hey Children's Hospital and now faces another three-and-a-half years of treatment.

Andy, Callum’s dad, said the family has 'done all the crying now' and although their focus is now on the treatment, he was keen to urge anyone else to act fast and make sure to have lumps checked out. READ MORE: Man's Tenerife holiday from hell after minibus ploughs into him in horror smash He said: "He’s had his first round of chemo, it’s about taking each day as it comes now.