Brave baby in eye cancer fight

May 12 2005

By Ian Cheveau, Widnes Weekly News

A WIDNES baby is battling back from a rare form of cancer after specialists found a golf ball-sized tumour behind one of her eyes. Little Lauren Ashton, who is 12-months-old, recently returned to Widnes after a undergoing an operation in a top London hospital to remove the tumour from her left eye. Her concerned mother, Kelly Newby, had demanded to see an eye specialist after spotting a problem with her daughter's eyesight two months ago. Kelly claims the cancer in her daughter's eye went undetected when she visited a GP, so she took matters into her own hands and took her to see a specialist. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT She said: 'I took Lauren to the doctor but they could not recognise the problem as it was such a rare type of cancer. 'After seeing a specialist, Lauren was booked in the following Monday to have it seen to as it needed looking at as soon as possible.' Retinoblastoma is a cancer of the eye that develops in children, typically under five years old. Lauren now has an artificial eye and has had a tumour in her other eye 'frozen', but Miss Newby fears there is a chance the cancer may come back. She added: 'There is a possibility it could come back. I have to take Lauren back to see specialists in a few weeks time to see how she has gone on.

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