Ruby Wilson and mum Sarah ringing the bell to signify end of treatment A TEAM of clinicians at Newcastle Hospitals have successfully removed a rare tumour from a Middlesbrough schoolgirl during the global Covid-19 pandemic. Ruby Wilson, who turned 11 in November, was diagnosed with mesenchymal chondrosarcoma – a rare cancer that can be cured if removed, but is fatal without removal – in February. Her mam, Sarah, said: “Ruby was doing her normal five days football training when one night she complained of pain in her shoulder. “She was in the bath, so I had a look and could see a lump protruding between her shoulder blades.