VIDEO: Students' support for cancer teen

A JOHN Leggott College student has spoken of his fight to beat a rare form of bone cancer.

Sixteen-year-old Oliver Quickenden, of Scunthorpe, has a form of Osteosarcoma, a condition that makes a his bones vulnerable to a break.

The teenager will undergo an intensive 10-week stint of chemotherapy starting next week, ahead of a major operation to remove a diseased bone in his right knee and femur.

He will then have a 20-week course of chemotherapy.

Speaking about his ordeal, Oliver said: "I'm still quite scared, but I have to deal with it if I'm going to get better.

"When I was diagnosed with the bone cancer, I didn't want everybody to be upset, so I took it on my chin.

"I've been having lots of tests and going in and out of hospital."

Oliver's cancer was diagnosed on February 26 this year.

In a show of solidarity for Oliver and in preparation for the hair loss the treatment will bring, students at John Leggott College came together as one to take part in a sponsored head shave.

More than 30 students, both boys and girls, swapped the dinner queue for a makeshift salon queue in the college's hall.

Collectively, it is anticipated they will raise more than £1,000 for Cancer Research.

View our video from the sponsored headshave below.