Young boy will become first international child to receive new life-extending treatment in US

Rudi Abbott has an inoperable brain tumour.

A young boy from Edinburgh will become the first international child to receive a new life-extending treatment in the United States. Rudi Abbott has an inoperable brain tumour and after a relapse in February, was told by the NHS nothing more could be done.

His dad Ben hopes the immunotherapy will buy them crucial time for new, more effective treatments to be found. Evanna Holland reports.

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