A 14-year-old girl, who has battled cancer three times, has been given the all-clear following a life-changing £340,000 surgery.
Kira Noble has already endured six rounds of chemotherapy, major abdominal surgery, radiotherapy as well as taking oral drugs in her cancer fight.
Her mother, friends and wellwishers across the world raised hundreds of thousands of pounds in April to get an appointment with a world-class surgeon.
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And last month, Kira successfully had her tumour taken out after a gruelling seven hours of treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York.
After spending almost three weeks in the US city, Kira and her mother, Aud, returned to their home in Edinburgh and received the all-clear via e-mail on Thursday afternoon.
Aud, 51, said she had high hopes for the surgery and that the results did not come as much of a surprise.
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She said: "We are over the moon.
"However, I’m not surprised because we gave Kira the best possible chance with this surgeon. That is why we flew across the Atlantic for her to have the operation.
"I surprisingly wasn’t too nervous reading the report. It was more excitement.
"It is the best possible result that we could ever have hoped for at the moment and it is fantastic news."
The teenager captured hearts in Edinburgh and beyond, with the Noble family managing to smash their target by more than £100,000.
A total of £437,000 was raised to pay for Kira’s trip to have specialised surgery.
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Despite the great news, Kira's treatment is not yet over. The brave teenager starts her next round of chemotherapy in Edinburgh on
Monday, with further treatment to follow.
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