My twin girls both have the same cancer symptoms - but only one of them is sick

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'My twin girls were both struck by the same cancer symptoms – but only one of them is really sick'

Following a three-week course of radiotherapy, a relapse in December 2021 and remission in December 2022, consultants told Sophie just three months ago that she'd once again relapsed.

Rebecca said: "We went to get Sophie checked out one day, and were told by the consultant she couldn't feel anything there. "But by the following day, we were called back in. All the consultant could say was that the results were 'not good' - and she started to cry.Sophie's dad, Jamie Walker, 44, left the room with Sophie to console her - meanwhile Rebecca stayed with the consultant to ask further questions.What are Wilms tumours?Dr Max Wilms wrote the first medical paper about this condition, which is how it got its name.

Most Wilms tumours are quite large when they are found - often bigger than the kidney itself - and tend not to have spread to other parts of the body., which parents might notice when you're bathing your baby or if your child jumps a nappy size.blood in your child's pee – found in around 20 per cent of children with a Wilms tumour

 

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Scots teen struck down by cancer symptoms after identical twin's diagnosisSophie Walker, 16, was diagnosed with a Wilms tumour - a type of kidney cancer - in 2017 and her sister, Megan, has experienced may of the same symptoms.
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