![]() ![]() ![]() He said Oshin would have a 30 to 40 per cent chance of survival in five years' time if he received both chemotherapy and radiation, and outlined the long-term side effects of radiotherapy in young children, including stunted growth, hearing problems and cognitive deficits. The court ruled in March that he undergo chemotherapy for a malignant brain tumour but today Judge Stephen Thackray said he would not order Oshin to have radiotherapy if he continued to have chemotherapy.Ī Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) doctor took legal action after the parents refused to allow the treatment.Ī doctor, whose name is suppressed, earlier told the court the chemotherapy would not be effective on its own, and radiotherapy was "the only viable curative strategy". The parents of a six-year-old Perth boy with brain cancer have won a battle with doctors to stop him having radiotherapy, with Western Australia's Family Court ruling he does not have to have the treatment.Īngela Kiszko and Adrian Strachan have said they do not want their son Oshin to suffer from the side-effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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