Scots schoolgirl becomes first in UK to receive breakthrough cancer drug

Sophia Wilson’s family feared they would need to travel to the US for treatment after raising £600,000 – but the Aberdeenshire schoolgirl was instead given the specialist drug at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital


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