Scans show "no progression" of cancer for five-year-old British brain tumour patient Ashya King, a Prague medical centre said Wednesday, as he was cleared for potentially life-saving proton treatment there, AFP reports.
"We've learnt there's been no progression," Iva Tatounova, marketing director at the Proton Therapy Centre, told AFP.
But the Prague-Motol hospital where Ashya is staying said it was "too early for forecasts". Ashya's case made headlines after his parents removed him from a British hospital, sparking an international manhunt. He is slated for a six-week-long course of proton beam therapy starting on Monday.
The therapy, which is not available in Britain, is touted as being more precise than conventional radiotherapy as it only targets malignant cells.
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