Mother loses battle to block cancer treatment for son, Neon Roberts             Sally Roberts: opposed radiotherapy for son  Oli Scarff/Getty Images                          Sally Roberts: opposed radiotherapy for son Oli Scarff/Getty Images     2 of 4  Neon: doctor say he could die within months without treatment PA     3 of 4  Ben Roberts, Neon's father, backed treatment, although had reservations Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images     4 of 4  Sally Roberts has split from Neon's father Times photographer Mary Turner         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 treat...
 
 
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