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Mother loses battle to block cancer treatment for son, Neon Roberts

Sally Roberts: opposed radiotherapy for son Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Sally Roberts
  • Sally Roberts: opposed radiotherapy for sonOli Scarff/Getty Images

Fay Schlesinger
Updated 53 minutes ago
A judge has ordered that a seven-year-old boy must undergo radiotherapy to treat his brain tumour, against the wishes of his mother.
Sally Roberts, 37, has fought a two-week High Court battle to prevent her son Neon from having the therapy, which can entail debilitating permanent side effects.
Neon’s chance of living for five years has reduced from 80 per cent to 67 per cent due to the delays to his treatment, the court was told.
Today, Mr Justice Bodey said that it was in Neon’s best interests to have radiotherapy. “The mother has been through a very stressful time.
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