The parents of a four-year-old boy fighting a rare childhood soft tissue cancer are fundraising at Christmas to send him abroad for pioneering treatment.

Arsenal fan Jesse Brown – pictured with star striker Kai Havertz - was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma at just 16-months-old after complaining of abdominal pain at night.

He underwent 12 months of chemotherapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital but in spring this year routine scans revealed that Jesse’s pelvic tumour had begun to rapidly grow again.

Jesse has been offered specialised chemotherapy by German doctors which parents Simon and Anna Brown believe could significantly increase the chances of successful surgery and improve his long-term prognosis.

The treatment, which may gain control of their child’s disease, is not availa

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