A school worker diagnosed with a rare type of cancer has crowdfunded more than £50,000 in a week for potentially life-saving treatment in the US.
Chad Alexander, 30, pictured, was told this month that he has contracted Renal Medullary Carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer that accounts for less than one per cent of all renal cancers.
It has an extremely poor prognosis with survival times of less than a year.
Mr Alexander, who teaches music to children with special needs, managed to raise more than £50,000 to pay for an initial trip to the US for assessment and possible treatment by renowned US medic Dr Nizar Tannir.
Mr Alexander, who lives in Basingstoke with his partner Anita and two children, said: “It has been our aim to get out there and meet him. A man was successfully treated there and continues alive and well.”
He now hopes to raise further funds to pay for any more treatment.
