A Nine-Year-Old Boy Suffers Rare Bone Cancer Could Not Continue His Treatment Due to 'Immigration Issue:' What Will Happen Next?

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A nine-year-old cancer patient Alex Goodwin continues to fight the battle against rare bone cancer. However, he was forced to leave America as he was in the process of finishing his treatment that this could be the only way to save his life.

Daily Mail reported, Alex who has been suffering from a rare bone cancer traveled to America from England to seek medical treatment, along with his father, Jeffrey Goodwin. However, searching for an answer wasn't that easy, NHS doctors dismissed Alex's case for months.

Nonetheless, the doctors found out that Ewing's Sarcoma - a rare bone cancer described as a malignant small, blue cell tumor that is found in bones and soft tissues of the body - is the culprit behind the muscle and joint pain felt by Alex. Finally, last month, Alex was turned in the operating theater at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City.

The doctors successfully removed the rare bone cancer and advised Alex to have a proton beam therapy for months. But late last night, Alex and his father have been troubled when there was an immigration issue that forces them to leave in April, eight weeks before Alex's treatment ends.

Alex's battle started when struggled to walk last Christmas 2015. By April 2016 then, he started to lost the firmness of his right leg to stand and was forced to crutches and in June 2016, finally results came and revealed that he has a rare bone cancer.

The only way for Alex to be cured is to remove the affected rare bone cancer on his thigh. This could be possible if only he will receive a treatment in America. Despite the unexpected issue, Kansas' medical team is optimistic in seeing the result. Howard Rosenthal, the orthopedic oncology surgeon said, "Alex is a champion," after completing a long-hour of operation.

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