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Scottish youngster who beat aggressive cancer set for life-saving vaccine in New York

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Scottish youngster who beat aggressive cancer set for life-saving vaccine in New York

A brave Scottish girl who beat cancer is set to jet off to New York for specialist treatment to make sure it never returns.

Little Ava Bolton, four, is heading to the Big Apple next week where her family hope a trailblazing vaccine will give her the best chance of living a long and healthy future thanks to the kind help of locals.




The family has raised over £300,000 in a huge fundraising effort since Ava was diagnosed with stage four high risk neuroblastoma – a rare but extremely aggressive childhood cancer.

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The youngster, from East Ayrshire, was only given a 50 per cent chance of survival, but is now marking the end of an 18-month battle.

As the Record reports, Ava’s family are determined to ensure she lives the best possible life and does not have to relive the last year and a half. She is set to receive specialist treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Centre in the States.

Medics have developed a jab which could stop her cancer returning. Dad Scott, 35, said: “We’re all absolutely thrilled that Ava has beaten cancer.

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