A 13-YEAR-OLD cancer patient and his mother who spent nearly a week on the run to avoid chemotherapy must again place the boy’s medical fate in the hands of a judge.

POLICE in the US have launched a nationwide search for a mother and her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son who fled after refusing the chemotherapy that doctors say could save the boy’s life.

A national manhunt was under way in the US today for a mother and her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son after the pair fled after refusing potentially life-saving treatment.