BRAVE Georgia Kelly has endured more than a year of gruelling cancer treatment.

The six-year-old was first diagnosed with a tumour in her skull in November last year.

Now, she has finally reached the final stages of her treatment — and has won a Cancer Research UK Little Star award.

Her parents, Karen and Phil Kelly, received the devastating news that Georgia had cancer in November last year, after doctors X-rayed a strange egg-shaped bump on her head.

Georgia, from Westhoughton, spent last Christmas wearing a helmet to protect the hole in her skull where she had a tumour removed.

The St James’ School pupil was taken to see a doctor at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, where her mum worked as a paediatric nurse.

Mrs Kelly said: “No-one had said anything, but I knew he was an oncologist and that meant it was cancer.

“We seemed to be suffering one tragedy after another. I had lost my first child, Jamie, at threeweeks- old old due to a premature birth, and I had lost my dad to oesophageal cancer only a couple of months previously.”

Georgia had surgery to remove the tumour and part of her skull in November last year, then a further operation to insert a plate in her skull in the New Year.

She also had a full body scan, which revealed a second tumour in her abdomen.

Within a few weeks of her surgery, more lumps appeared on her skull.

Test results revealed Georgia had neuroblastoma and she began chemotherapy and was enrolled in a clinical trial.

This finished in March. Scans showed she was clear of cancer, but her bone marrow results were not completely clear, so she had more chemo.

In July, Georgia had a stem cell harvest and surgery to remove the tumour in her abdomen.

Since then she has had a stem cell transplant and 14 doses of radiotherapy.

The next part of her treatment will last about six months. And as soon as it is over, her family plan a holiday to Disneyland Paris.

Cancer Research UK spokeswoman, Jane Bullock, said: “Georgia has been through the most gruelling treatment.

“She is certainly deserving of a Cancer Research UK Little Star award and we all wish her well in facing the last part of treatment.”

Unlike many other children’s awards, there is no judging panel as Cancer Research UK and TK Maxx believe that each and every child who faces cancer is extra special.

The Little Star Awards are open to all under-18s who have cancer or who have been treated for the disease in the last five years.

To nominate a child for a Little Star award call 0300 1231861 or visit cancerresearchuk.org.