Boy, 6, Faces Third Cancer Battle as Family Seeks £300,000 for Overseas Trials

Overview

• Tommy Verbickas, 6, from Sale, Greater Manchester, is confronting Wilms tumour again after two lung relapses.
• His mother says he is responding to intensified chemotherapy and is scheduled to begin high‑dose treatment in October.
• The family has launched a JustGiving appeal for £300,000 to fund travel, living costs and access to clinical trials and therapies overseas not available through the NHS.
• The parents report being told his chance of cure is now low and that no additional NHS treatments will follow the upcoming regimen.
• Diagnosed in February 2022 after a 2.3kg mass was found on his left kidney, he had 38 weeks of chemotherapy, proton therapy and a nephrectomy, twice reaching no evidence of disease before the relapses.