Manuel dies, the 18-month-old boy from Valladolid whose family asked for help to investigate the rare cancer he had

• Oncology Solidarity campaign to develop a treatment against the rare cancer of little Manuel

Manuel, the 18-month-old boy from Valladolid

who had a very aggressive childhood cancer that affects one in two million children, died this Tuesday at the La Paz Hospital in Madrid, where he remained

.

His family had requested help for the investigation of this disease through the CRIS Foundation against Cancer.

Manuel had a

, which is a highly aggressive neoplasm initially described in children under two years of age and located in the kidney, although there have been extrarenal cases.

The Cris Foundation against cancer has communicated the death of Manuel through his Twitter account.

"Your smile, Manuel, will always be with us..."

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