British boy gets first proton treatment in Prague

By Karel Janicek

Published September 15, 2014 1:08pm ET

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British boy gets first proton treatment in Prague — 5-year-old Ashya King arrives for first proton beam treatment of his brain tumor at Proton Therapy Center in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Ashya's parents believe the treatment available at the Proton Therapy Center in Prague would be better for their son than the conventional radiotherapy offered in Britain. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) | Petr David Josek

PRAGUE (AP) — British boy Ashya King underwent his first proton beam therapy session for a life-threatening brain tumor in Prague on Monday, a week after the 5-year-old boy was flown here from Spain.

Ashya’s case caused an international uproar after his parents removed him from an English hospital last month without doctors’ consent and police launched a manhunt to find him.

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