THE generosity of people in Tenbury means that a man from the town will be able to afford a second course of a new pioneering cancer treatment.

A jumble sale at the Methodist Church raised £400 which will enable Karl Lacks to pay for another round of a ground-breaking viral treatment for the bowel cancer that has spread to his lungs.

But sadly Karl, aged 60, was not able to be at the sale because, two days before, he was rushed into hospital in Birmingham.

“Dad’s tumour is blocking his airway and he started to become very unwell,” said his daughter Victoria.

“He was taken into Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham and a laser was used to remove part of the tumour in order to ease his breathing.

“But he would have liked to have been there and we are so grateful for the generosity and support.”

Karl Lacks, who lives in Kyre, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2012, which has now spread to his lungs.

He had an operation to remove a large section of his bowel and has been having chemotherapy but his condition has deteriorated over recent months.

Karl's wife Janet, 61, and his four daughters discovered a treatment available in Germany that may help him.

So Karl travelled in July to the Klinik Marinus in Brannenberg in Bavaria. A funding campaign started by the family using social media raised the £5,000 needed for this visit.

As a result, he is now receiving pioneering treatment that is not available in the UK that involves injecting him with a virus known as Rigvir that attacks the cancer cells.

The Rigvir virus is administered by an injection, which travels around the body effectively seeking out cancer cells and destroying them.

Karl has responded well to the treatment and his cancer blood-test noted a lowering of cancer in his blood.

The treatment is not licensed in the UK but the family say that it does not appear to have the side-effects that can be associated with chemotherapy.