A BRAVE six-year-old girl who has just completed gruelling cancer treatment will be guest of honour at Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

Georgia Kelly, from Daisy Hill, will be setting the runners off at the race in Leigh on Sunday, June 9, before joining “Team Georgia” and completing the 5k distance.

Georgia, a pupil at St James Primary School in Daisy Hill, was diagnosed with cancer in November, 2011.

Doctors were initially unsure as to whether the lump on her skull was Ewings Sarcoma or neuroblastoma.

She underwent surgery to remove the tumour and part of her skull, followed by a further operation in the New Year to insert a plate in her skull.

A full body scan revealed a second tumour in her abdomen, which was calcified. Within a few weeks of her surgery, more lumps appeared on her skull.

Test results revealed Georgia had neuroblastoma.

She began chemotherapy and was enrolled in a clinical trial.

Her parents, Karen and Phil Kelly, had already suffered heartache after losing their first child, Jamie, when he was just three-weeks-old after he was born prematurely.

Mrs Kelly, a paediatric nurse, had only just lost her dad, Sam Wood, to oesophageal cancer when Georgia was diagnosed.

Georgia’s chemotherapy finished in March, 2012, but her bone marrow results were not completely clear, so she had two extra cycles of another three chemotherapy drugs.

In July last year, Georgia had a stem cell harvest, followed by surgery to remove the calcified tumour in her abdomen, thought to be the primary source of the cancer.

Since then, she has also had stem cell transplant and radiotherapy.

A recent scan has shown Georgia is cancer free and she is now back at school full-time.

The race at Pennington Flash in Leigh will be especially emotional for the family as it would have been Georgia’s grandfather’s 65th birthday on the day.

Twenty family members and friends have signed-up for “Team Georgia” and have already raised more than £300 for Cancer Research UK.

Mrs Kelly, aged 36, said: “Georgia’s attitude has kept us going. She has always kept smiling even through the most hideous part of the treatment and we are incredibly proud of her.

“Without the research funded by Race for Life for Cancer Research UK, Georgia might not be here now.”

A Race for Life will also be held at Boston Leverhulme Park on Sunday, July 7.