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| Ashya has first tests at Prague proton beam clinic | Ashya has first tests at Prague proton beam clinic |
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| Brain tumour patient Ashya King has left a Czech clinic after undergoing his first scans in advance of his planned proton beam treatment. | Brain tumour patient Ashya King has left a Czech clinic after undergoing his first scans in advance of his planned proton beam treatment. |
| The five-year-old arrived at the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in Prague on Monday by private jet from Spain. | The five-year-old arrived at the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in Prague on Monday by private jet from Spain. |
| A hospital spokeswoman said he was having his first MRI examination. | A hospital spokeswoman said he was having his first MRI examination. |
| Parents Brett and Naghemeh King sparked a police hunt when they removed Ashya from Southampton General Hospital on 28 August after disagreeing with doctors. | Parents Brett and Naghemeh King sparked a police hunt when they removed Ashya from Southampton General Hospital on 28 August after disagreeing with doctors. |
| They wanted him to have proton beam therapy, which was not available to them on the NHS. | They wanted him to have proton beam therapy, which was not available to them on the NHS. |
| The couple were arrested in Spain and spent several days away from their son, reuniting once the Crown Prosecution Service withdrew the European arrest warrant. | The couple were arrested in Spain and spent several days away from their son, reuniting once the Crown Prosecution Service withdrew the European arrest warrant. |
| After the family's arrival in Prague, Mr King told BBC News it felt like they "got through the storm". | |
| He said: "We've been labelled all sorts of things, from kidnappers to religious fanatics, we've had the police chasing us, we've been arrested, we've spent two days in a Spanish prison, we've had so many court cases. | |
| "My son is everything to us so I've got no complaints, you know that in comparison what we've been through is nothing. | |
| "We're just here, we've made it through, it's like we've been through a storm and we've come out the other end." | |
| The family first contacted the Czech clinic on 1 August. | |
| "Cancer is not something you can just sit on, you know it has to be done quickly," Mr King said. | "Cancer is not something you can just sit on, you know it has to be done quickly," Mr King said. |
| "From the 1st of August they [PTC] were asking the doctors in Southampton, 'give us the information, we'll assess your son, it's not going to cost the NHS nothing to just send the information'. | "From the 1st of August they [PTC] were asking the doctors in Southampton, 'give us the information, we'll assess your son, it's not going to cost the NHS nothing to just send the information'. |
| "They have received that information now, some one month later, and they said this treatment is perfect. So I believe them - I've got no reason to doubt them. They're here to help my son." | "They have received that information now, some one month later, and they said this treatment is perfect. So I believe them - I've got no reason to doubt them. They're here to help my son." |
| The PTC previously said the treatment is suited to Ashya's type of brain cancer, medulloblastoma. | The PTC previously said the treatment is suited to Ashya's type of brain cancer, medulloblastoma. |
| A special mask will be prepared for Ashya's head, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed. | A special mask will be prepared for Ashya's head, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed. |
| She said: "This will be used for fixing him in the same position during the treatment every day." | She said: "This will be used for fixing him in the same position during the treatment every day." |
| In a statement, the PTC said: "If all goes well and the physicists will be able to prepare Ashya's irradiation plan in four days - instead of the standard 10 - he will start on Monday." | In a statement, the PTC said: "If all goes well and the physicists will be able to prepare Ashya's irradiation plan in four days - instead of the standard 10 - he will start on Monday." |
| It said Ashya would need 30 irradiation visits, which would last for about five weeks. | It said Ashya would need 30 irradiation visits, which would last for about five weeks. |
| This would be combined with chemotherapy, which will be managed by specialised oncologists at Motol University Hospital, where the youngster is staying with his mother. | This would be combined with chemotherapy, which will be managed by specialised oncologists at Motol University Hospital, where the youngster is staying with his mother. |
| The treatment is a type of radiation therapy that uses beams of protons - or small parts of atoms - rather than high energy X-rays, as with conventional radiotherapy. | The treatment is a type of radiation therapy that uses beams of protons - or small parts of atoms - rather than high energy X-rays, as with conventional radiotherapy. |
| The protons can be precisely directed at a tumour and, unlike conventional treatments, the beams stop once they hit the target, rather than carrying on through the body. | The protons can be precisely directed at a tumour and, unlike conventional treatments, the beams stop once they hit the target, rather than carrying on through the body. |