HE is thought to be the youngest person in the UK diagnosed with testicular cancer but brave youngster Jack Bristow had the best 10th birthday he could have wished for by finishing his last round of chemotherapy.

As previously reported in The Gazette, brave youngster Jack Bristow, of Selby Walk, Popley, was faced with the fight of his life to battle the disease which usually affects men three times his age, after his diagnosis in December.

On December 9, Jack’s parents Dan and Joanne, who is known as Joe, were given the devastating news that the Merton Junior School pupil had Seminomas, a testicular cancer germ cell tumour.

Following the diagnosis, Jack had his right testicle removed and has undergone numerous cycles of gruelling chemotherapy treatment at Southampton General Hospital’s Piam Brown ward, and his family launched a massive fundraising appeal to pull in the pounds for the ward to show their appreciation.

And the brave youngster had the best early birthday present he could have wished for on April 9 with doctors telling him he will not need any more chemotherapy treatment.

But although the latest cycle, which he started on April 7, was to be his last, Jack, who turned 10 on April 14, had a bad reaction to the treatment and was unwell for days until he started to improve on the morning of his birthday.

Joe, 29, told The Gazette that the family were delighted with the news, adding: “Our life has just been turned upside down but he is doing really well. We are a family that used to go out every weekend, whether it was to the park or something else, and we have not been able to do anything like that.

“Obviously they are going to keep his line in a bit longer just in case anything else comes up on the scans but the doctors are pretty confident the line should be removed in about 10 weeks.”

Jack will still have to have regular blood tests and scans, but proud mum Joe is hoping they will get the happy news that he is cancer-free on May 6.