John Barrowman has blasted cancel culture and said he’s ready to “move on” after being accused of inappropriate on-set behaviour. The 54-year-old was accused of exposing himself on set of Doctor Who and its spin off show, Torchwood.
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He became The Christie's youngest ever patient at just 18-months-old when he was tragically diagnosed with a rare brain tumour.
But thanks to a miracle breakthrough in cancer treatment, Teddy Slade has just celebrated his fourth birthday.
He is now living the happy childhood every family wishes for.
Teddy was just 18-months when medics discovered he had a rare brain tumour in June 2019, which would require intensive rounds of treatment as well as surgery.
Little Teddy quickly became the youngest ever patient at The Christie hospital in Withington, one of the leading cancer treatment centres across the whole of Europe.
Teddy's family, including mum Amy, dad Dan, were left terrified by the news.
“A diagnosis like Teddy's is terrifying and devastating," said Amy.
“It was a huge shock when Teddy was diagnosed as he was so young and to be told he had a brain tumour was absolutely heartbreaking."
Just weeks after the shocking diagnosis, Teddy began treatment in July 2019.
The toddler had an operation to remove the tumour, followed by pioneering proton beam therapy at The Christie for six-and-a-half weeks.
Proton beam therapy is a specialist form of radiotherapy that targets cancers very precisely, increasing success rates and reducing side effects.
According to the cancer unit, this makes proton therapy an ideal treatment for certain cancers in children who are at risk of lasting damage to organs that are still growing.
Thankfully, this cutting edge treatment had arrived in the UK just in time for Teddy.
Proton beam therapy was offered overseas to NHS patients eligible for treatment in England since 2008, but it was only when the centre opened at The Christie that patients could be treated in the UK.
The dual treatment was a
John Barrowman has blasted cancel culture and said he’s ready to “move on” after being accused of inappropriate on-set behaviour. The 54-year-old was accused of exposing himself on set of Doctor Who and its spin off show, Torchwood.
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