Teen given three months to live after being diagnosed with rare cancer has treatment suspended due to coronavirus

A TEENAGE lad initially given three months to live after being diagnosed with a rare cancer has had treatment stopped due to coronavirus.

Alfie Keogh, 19, was found to have Spindle Cell Synovial Sarcoma, which attacks leg tendons, and it has spread to the rest of his body.

Alfie Keogh, 19, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Spindle Cell Synovial Sarcoma last year

Alfie's radiotherapy sessions have been suspended due to coronavirusCredit: Facebook

But despite the diagnosis last August a tumour in his right leg shrank by half after months of chemotherapy at Manchester’s Christie Hospital and the family’s use of cannabis oil.

But now his follow-up radiotherapy sessions have been suspended.

Medics say his weakened immune system means that if Alfie, of Blackpool, catches coronavirus it could kill him.

Sister Anna-Rose said: “Alfie was feeling positive and strong and is now having as many good days as he is bad.

“His radiotherapy treatment for the pain came to an abrupt stop on March 20.”

His worried mum Estelle Heathcote, of Blackpool, Lancs, has turned to alternative forms of treatment to try to combat the cancer - spending £15,000 on cannabis oil.

She is now facing bankruptcy.