Barcelona, 27 feb. (EFE) that was left in the head.
The Malaga boy Oliver and his family traveled on October 26 in a medicalized plane paid for by an anonymous businessman from Cancun (Mexico), where they were residing, to Barcelona, in a race against time to try to save the life of the little boy, who had a very aggressive brain tumor.
One thousand cases of childhood cancer per year in Spain
He underwent surgery for the first time, on October 28, to treat hydrocephalus (fluid accumulation in brain cavities) and a second time, on November 2, to remove 90% of the tumor.
Sources from Sant Joan de Déu have explained that another intervention is scheduled for this Monday to try to remove what remains of the tumor.
Between this and the previous operation, Oliver has undergone the cancer treatment prescribed by the doctors: a clinical trial of chemotherapy and radiotherapy with protons at a center in Madrid.
Oliver is one of the thousand cases of childhood cancer that are diagnosed annually in Spain. EFE