Teenager is ‘cured’ of brutal brain cancer in world first – as stunned doctors ‘watched tumour disappear’ [Video]

A TEENAGE boy has been cured of the deadliest childhood cancer in a world first.

Lucas, from Belgium, was just six years old when he was diagnosed with brainstem glioma, a particularly brutal cancer.

Children found to have the disease are typically given just nine to 12 months to live after diagnosis.

Lucas was diagnosed shortly after his parents noticed he struggled to walk in a straight line, according to France 24.

His doctor, Jacques Grill, remembers having to tell the little boy’s parents that their son was going to die.

However, seven years later, Lucas is now 13 years old, with no trace of the tumour left.

“Lucas beat all the odds [to survive]”, said Dr Jacques, an oncologist and head of the brain tumour programme at the Gustave Roussy Cancer Centre in Paris, France.

The tumour, called …