After Patel's diagnosis in Spring 2021

This type of cancer is rare, with only 56 new cases diagnosed each year in the UK, the charity says. For those who are diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, the five-year survival rate is 86% if the cancer hasn't grown beyond the original tumor, according to the American Cancer Society.

When Patel was being diagnosed, her dad was receiving treatment for lung cancer. Her mother, Priti Patel told Cancer Research UK: "When we were told she had cancer, I felt numb. The news was too much to take in knowing that her dad was only a few miles up the road also going through cancer treatment."

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After Patel's diagnosis in Spring 2021, she immediately started chemotherapy. Doctors told her it was a success and she would fully recover by March 2022.

But the tumor began to grow rapidly once again after she stopped chemotherapy and had a break in treatment. Weeks before Christmas, she had an operation to remove the tumor. The surgery went well but the tumor was bigger than expected.

By early 2022, Patel was having breathing difficulties and scans revealed that the cancer had spread to her lungs. By April, chemotherapy was no longer having an effect on the cancer and she was given a terminal diagnosis.

She died on May 13, 2022, shortly after her 21st birthday.