Ashya King 'cured of cancer' by treatment denied on the NHS

Five-year old is now cancer-free after receiving proton beam therapy in the Czech Republic, say his parents

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Ashya King, whose disappearance from hospital last year sparked an international manhunt, has made a "miracle" recovery from brain cancer, his parents have said.

The five-year old had been receiving proton beam therapy – a special form of radiation used to treat some cancers – in the Czech Republic, after doctors in the UK said he was not eligible for the treatment.

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