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Neon Roberts had a tumour removed last year and his mother Sally was fighting legal action for him to have radiotherapy.
Doctors told the High Court the question had now become whether he had to have an "urgent" operation because some of the tumour remained
Neon's case was in the Family Division of the High Court because New Zealand-born Mrs Roberts, 37, was opposing action taken by a number of organisations which wanted him to have radiotherapy
At a hearing on 7 December, the court was told doctors recommended Neon had radiotherapy and said he could die if he did not receive the treatment.
At that hearing Mrs Roberts said she feared it could do long-term harm including causing brain damage and infertility.
She told the court she was not a "bonkers mother" and said she only wanted the best for her son.
On Tuesday, doctors told the court surgery was needed because an MRI scan revealed a residual tumour left from the boy's last operation.
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