A brave Epsom boy who fought off cancer has inspired a £100,000 donation to the hospital that saved his life.

Lewis Houghton, 7, was diagnosed with stage four Burkitt’s lymphoma – a cancer of the network of vessels through which lymph drains from the tissues into the blood – in February 2015, just days before his sixth birthday.

After intensive chemotherapy treatment at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, Lewis went into remission last summer.

Since his diagnosis, Lewis’ friends and family helped to raise £50,000 for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity – enough to fund a two-year administrator role in the hospital’s Oak Centre for Children and Young People to support Clinical Nurse Specialists.

Lewis’ aunt, Bethan Lewis, vice president of human resources for jewellers Pandora UK, told her colleagues all about Lewis’ experience, and h boss Peter Andersen, the company’s president, vowed to support The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity after hearing about the care and support Lewis received during treatment.

Pandora matched the £50,000 donation to extend the administrator role for another two years, as well giving the Parents’ Room a sparkling makeover.

Lewis’ mum, Jenny, said: "When Lewis was diagnosed we thought our world had ended, but he astounded us every day with his general calmness at the madness going on around him.

“He learnt how to administer some of his medicines and his knowledge and understanding of the treatment he was being given was impressive for an adult, let alone a six-year-old boy.”

Supporter of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, television and radio presenter Lisa Snowdon, attended a special event at The Royal Marsden’s Oak Centre for Children and Young People on Thursday, August 25 to celebrate Pandora’s donation and to unveil the newly decorated Parents’ Room.

Jenny added: “I am so grateful to The Royal Marsden as their level of care, knowledge, empathy and professionalism was so incredible and we will be forever in their debt for the successful treatment Lewis received.

“When he was first admitted, it was very scary facing the reality of living in a hospital for the foreseeable future and, although not something we would ever want to repeat, they made life there as bearable as is possible during such a terrifying time.”

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