Overview

• Reece Khan, who was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at age 11, was told on his 16th birthday that the disease had returned and spread to his brain.
• Medical experts have assessed his survival odds at one in five as he prepares for intensified chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a stem cell transplant.
• Reece’s mixed-race background has narrowed his donor pool and his 25-year-old brother is only a half match.
• The family has enlisted Anthony Nolan to scour global registries for a compatible full stem cell match.
• Anthony Nolan officials are calling on healthy 16- to 30-year-olds to sign up with a painless cheek-swab kit to boost match chances for patients like Reece.