Girl, 13, with terminal cancer saved by cutting-edge world-first treatment

Published on December 10, 2022 at 11:03 PM

A GIRL with terminal cancer has been saved by a world-first treatment.

Alyssa, 13, was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2021 - but after chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant her cancer came back.

Cutting-edge treatment has helped Alyssa, 13, into remisson

Now mum Kiona, the cousin of fashion guru Gok Wan , said they are “on cloud nine”;; as Alyssa is in remission, thanks to treatment at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital in May.

Doctors gave her a ­cutting-edge treatment made of white blood cells in a lab using gene editing .

Kiona said: “Hopefully this can prove the research works.”;;

Gok Wan, 48, raised nearly £54,000 for Young Lives vs Cancer last year by shaving his head live on This Morning.

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