Boy, six, visited his GP 11 TIMES before he was taken to A&E and 診断するd with the 'largest tumour medics had ever seen'

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A six-year-old boy visited his GP a staggering 11 times before he was 診断するd with the 'largest tumour medics had seen' at A&E.

Ellis Edwards, from Bournemouth, Dorset, has a rare childhood 癌 called neuroblastoma, 原因（となる）ing a cancerous tumour which 鎮圧するd his left 肺.

It was 行方不明になるd on 連続する trips to the doctor when Ellis's parents, Carly and Andrew, both 37, noticed the youngster was 欠如（する）ing energy and losing 負わせる.

He was 結局 診断するd in March 2019, 老年の just five, by which point he was a '骸骨／概要'.?

The 癌 is 行う／開催する／段階 four, spreading 負かす／撃墜する his entire left 味方する from his shoulder blade 負かす／撃墜する to his abdomen.?

Ellis has gone through ten months of 広範囲にわたる 治療, which has 減ずるd his 癌 by 85 per cent, Mrs Edwards said.?

In December, doctors said Ellis's chances of 生き残り were '50-50'. But things are starting to look more 肯定的な.?

Ellis Edwards, from Bournemouth, Dorset, visited his GP a staggering 11 times before 存在 診断するd with the 'largest tumour medics had seen'. He is pictured in his school uniform?

Ellis was 結局 診断するd with neuroblastoma in March 2019, 老年の just five, and has since gone through ten months of 広範囲にわたる 治療

Parents Carly and Andrew noticed Ellis (pictured 権利) was 欠如（する）ing energy and losing 負わせる so took him to the GP. The couple are pictured with their other son, William

The family are speaking out about their ordeal to 示す world 癌 day today.

Mrs Edwards, a 最初の／主要な school teacher, has said that にもかかわらず the 初期の 延期する in his diagnosis the NHS have been 'amazing' in their care.?

She said: 'We didn't realise it had been so many 任命s until we 一致するd it up and they 受託する they did make some mistakes.?

'Having said that the care they've given has been amazing 一般に and we could never thank them enough.'

The most ありふれた symptoms of neuroblastoma, which around 100 children are 診断するd with every years in the UK and 800 in the US, are poor appetite, 負わせる loss and lethargy.?

Ellis was 恐らく seen by his GP 11 times when these symptoms appeared in December 2018.

Mr Edwards, a food and （水以外の）飲料 経営者／支配人, and his wife 結局 decided to take Ellis?to A&E to get answers in March 2019.?

Mrs Edwards s 援助（する）: 'He had a tumour on his tummy which was 基本的に making it painful for him to eat.?

'By the time he was 診断するd he was like a 骸骨／概要.'

X-rays also discovered Ellis's left 肺 had been deflated by what doctors later 述べるd as the 'largest tumour they had seen'.?

He was すぐに taken in an 救急車 to Southampton General Hospital, 33 miles (53km) from his home, where he was put on 緊急 chemotherapy.?

By 6pm that evening his diagnosis had been 確認するd.?Neuroblastoma is a rare childhood 癌 with heartbreakingly low 生き残り 統計（学）.

Ellis needed life-or-death 外科 in October to 除去する the large tumour from his 肺 after having it shrunk by 治療.

Before the 操作／手術, Mr and Mrs Edwards were told to say their goodbyes just in 事例／患者, によれば The Mirror.?

X-rays discovered Ellis's left 肺 had been deflated by what doctors later 述べるd as the 'largest tumour they had seen'. He was five at the time of his diagnosis?

The 勇敢に立ち向かう youngster has been receiving care at Southampton General Hospital ever since.?

His family are staying at a house nearby ran by the charity CLIC Sargent after 存在 told to?'準備する for the worst and pack their 捕らえる、獲得するs for a long stay'.

Ellis is will soon be 許すd to return home to continue his 治療, leaving his mother 'feeling 肯定的な for the first time in months'.?

He has been able to return to school in between hospital 任命s and is 予定 to have 放射線療法 in London to その上の 改善する his 条件.?

Mrs Edwards said:?'We have more 実験（する）s coming up, and his 生き残り is still far from 保証（人）d, but for the first time in months we feel 肯定的な.

'The 癌 is 行う／開催する／段階 four which means it has spread all 負かす／撃墜する his left 味方する from his shoulder blade to his abdomen.?

'It has been 減ずるd by around 85 per cent since it was first spotted and his 肺s are as good as they've been for a while.?

'He has 負担s more energy now and is trying his best to start eating more now - although that is still a struggle.?

'He's home at the moment and going to school as often as he can, which is when he's at his happiest.'?

Neuroblastoma develops from immature 神経 独房s which run up the 支援する of a child’s abdomen, chest and into the skull に引き続いて the line of the spinal cord.

Because 早期に symptoms are vague, neuroblastoma is often not 診断するd until it is 行う／開催する／段階 four when it has spread around the 団体／死体.

Neuroblastoma has one of the lowest 生き残り 率s of all childhood 癌s, with only 67 per cent of 患者s 生き残るing to five years, によれば Children with 癌 UK.

It is the same 病気 that （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the life of young Sunderland football fan Bradley Lowery in 2017.

He touched the nation with his remarkable story and beautiful friendship with footballer Jermain Defoe.

CLIC Sargent, 設立するd in 2005, have 供給（する）d support to Ellis's family since his diagnosis.?

Mr Edwards said: 'Without CLIC Sargent's amazing help I don't know how we'd have 対処するd these past few months - to be able to stay together in amazing 施設s, for 解放する／自由な, it means everything to us.

'The house was an oasis of 静める and 静かな when we most needed it.'?

The children's 癌 charity are now asking members of the public to 寄付する £2 by buying a '禁止（する）d against 癌' wristband.

Liz Blunt, CLIC Sargent's fundraising and 約束／交戦 経営者／支配人 for Hampshire and Dorset, said: 'Today, 12 more children and young people in the UK will hear the 破滅的な news that they have 癌.

'A 癌 diagnosis 混乱に陥れる／中断させるs every 面 of a young person's life but with your help, we can fight for these families by 供給するing practical, emotional and 財政上の support, to help minimise the 損失 癌 原因（となる）s.

'寄付するing and getting one of our 禁止（する）d is a simple way to show your support for families like Ellis's.'

The wristbands are also 利用できる in J D Wetherspoon pubs, Morrisons 蓄える／店s and select H Samuel and Ernest Jones 蓄える／店s.

To find out more about World 癌 Day and to get your own 禁止（する）d Against 癌 wristband, visit here.