Dover teen Bryoni Millar has finished more than 10 weeks of treatment in a US hospital to disperse the last of a six-year-old tumour.

Bryoni, 18, of Buckland Avenue, went to Jacksonville to have proton therapy which aimed to disperse the last of a benign tumour without dangers of an operation.

She had 40 treatments at one hour a day, five days a week.

To mark the last day of her treatment, Bryoni got to ring a large bell in the medical centre, a standard procedure that all patients do when they are discharged.

The ordeal began in July 2013, when Bryoni was staying at her grandmother’s home, in County Kerry in the west of Ireland, and was found unconscious in bed.

It soon emerged that she had bone cancer and immediately underwent several emergency operations in Ireland and in London to stabilise her.

Bryoni’s mother Tara Bingham feared that if she had been left much longer she would have died.

Surgeons operated on the cancer at the base of her skull - completely removing it.

Some of the tumour still remained because of its close proximity to nerves.

Nearly a year on, the NHS agreed to fund Bryoni’s proton therapy but the costs of living had to be arranged by the family.

Her grandmother accompanied her to the US because Bryoni’s mother had other children to look after.

At the end of July, with the help of the Mercury, the family raised more than £2,000 from local organisations and national charities and a fundraiser at the Cricketers pub in Crabble Avenue.

Bryoni is resting in Ireland with her grandma and will return to Dover in the coming months.

Speaking to the Mercury, she said: “I feel much better than most people who have had the treatment. I’ve lost my appetite and a bit of weight. I’m tired a lot but then most people are after being zapped all the time.”

'I’m tired a lot but then most people are after being zapped all the time.' - Bryoni Millar

Despite the therapy coming to an end, medical staff still need to monitor Bryoni’s condition. This will be done by MRI scans every three months for the next two years to see what effects it has had.

Courageous Bryoni added: “I’m planning on going back to college, but they’ve told me to keep low for a while as my memory isn’t very good at the moment.”