Megan set for treatment in Boston

THE family of a 4-year- old Co Cork girl undergoing treatment for a rare brain tumour in the US are now preparing to move from New York to Boston, after doctors confirmed she will need radiotherapy, something her family had hoped wouldn’t be necessary.

Megan Malone, from Kilnamartyra near Macroom, was diagnosed with a rare cancerous brain tumour last October and it was also discovered the cancer had spread to her spine. While she was given just weeks to live by doctors in Ireland, she continues to make a remarkable recovery.

Megan and her family travelled to the US last December where the youngster has been receiving treatment at New York’s Presbyterian Children’s Hospital.