One-year-old diagnosed with rare cancer after doctors misdiagnosed it as constipation

Nypost · Aug 21, 2026 · 884 words · By SWNS

Childhood Cancer Healthcare Funding/NHS Limitations Medical Misdiagnosis

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Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google A one-year-old girl was diagnosed with cancer after doctors dismissed her symptoms as constipation.

Common ground

Little Florence Wilde was taken to her GP after her stomach began to swell up and she became repeatedly run down and tired.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Pity: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence

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Appeal to Pity 85% confidence

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “it costs $136,362.”

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Claim 2: “We decided we wanted her to have a treatment called DFMO. It came to the UK in 2024 and then it was withdrawn in April”

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Claim 3: “A one-year-old girl was diagnosed with cancer after doctors dismissed her symptoms as constipation.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent news sources (Midland family/Halesowen News) confirm that one-year-old Florence Wilde was diagnosed with cancer after her symptoms were initially dismissed as constipation.

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web search NEUTRAL — A baby girl was diagnosed with cancer after doctors initially put her symptoms down to constipation. One-year-old Florence Wilde was taken to her GP after her stomach started swelling and she was pers…
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/midland-famil…

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web search NEUTRAL — A one-year-old girl was diagnosed with cancer after doctors dismissed her symptoms as constipation. Little Florence Wilde was taken to her GP after her stomach began to swell up and she became repeate…
https://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/26483462.stourbridge-gi…

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web search NEUTRAL — A 3-year-old girl died in her mother's arms just five days after misdiagnosis turned out to be a rare form of aggressive cancer. For weeks, doctors told the parents of Aoife Flanagan-Gibbs their daugh…
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/three-year-old-girl-die…

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Claim 4: “Florence, now two, has since undergone a grueling operation to remove the 30-centimeter tumor and undergone chemotherapy.”

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Multiple sources confirm Florence is now two and has undergone chemotherapy and surgery to remove a 30cm tumor.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Florence Pugh ( PEW; born 3 January 1996) is an English actress. Her accolades include a British Independent Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards. After m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Pugh

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn; March 10, 1984) is an American actress and filmmaker. She played Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the medical-drama television series House (2007–2012), and appeared …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Wilde

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sophie Wilde (born 1997) is an Australian actress. She gained early attention for her roles on the Stan drama series Eden and the BBC One drama miniseries You Don't Know Me (both 2021). Her performanc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilde

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Claim 5: “Little Florence Wilde was taken to her GP after her stomach began to swell up and she became repeatedly run down and tired.”

CORROBORATED

The specific symptoms of abdominal swelling and fatigue leading to a GP visit are reported across multiple news sources regarding Florence Wilde.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional works. The following list labels some of these st…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stock_characters

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saori Hayami (早見沙織, Hayami Saori; born May 29, 1991) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with I'm Enterprise. As a singer, she is signed to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Hayami won t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zelda Fitzgerald (née Sayre; July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948) was an American novelist, painter, writer, and socialite. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, to a wealthy Southern family, she became locally fam…
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Claim 6: “She had up to 95 percent of the tumor removed in March 2025”

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No evidence was found in the search results to support or refute the claim regarding tumor removal in March 2025.

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Claim 7: “Neuroblastoma is a rare type of cancer that develops from immature nerve cells in children up to five.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 8: “Florence began five cycles of immunotherapy in October 2025 before her parents were eventually told the tumor had stopped progressing in April this year.”

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Claim 9: “For high-risk cases, the survival rate can be up to 50 percent for some children”

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Claim 10: “The family is now fundraising over $136,00 to pay for anti-relapse treatment no longer offered by the NHS.”

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Claim 11: “parents Anna Chattaway and Dom Wilde, both 32”

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Two independent news sources (Midland family and Metro News) explicitly identify the parents as Anna Chattaway and Dom Wilde, both aged 32.

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web search NEUTRAL — Her parents Anna Chattaway and Dom Wilde, both 32, were told it was constipation and she was given laxatives which caused the toddler to cry out in distress.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/midland-famil…

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web search NEUTRAL — ОтветHis dogs are two years old.Ann and Peter are in the cinema.
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web search NEUTRAL — Her parents Anna Chattaway and Dom Wilde, both 32, first noticed something was wrong when Florence became repeatedly rundown.Their one-year old’s belly had ballooned over the course of three weeks, bu…
https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/22/doctors-missed-small-babys-2k…

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Claim 12: “Anna, a clinical psychologist from Stourbridge, West Mids.”

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A professional directory/website for Dr Anna Chattaway confirms she is a registered HCPC Clinical Psychologist in Stourbridge, West Midlands.

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web search NEUTRAL — Registered HCPC Clinical Psychologist in Stourbridge (West Midlands). I specialise in working with children, young people and families.You are here: Home. Dr Anna Chattaway Clinical Psychologist. Webs…
https://evolvingfamilies.co.uk/dr-anna-chattaway-clinical-ps…

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web search NEUTRAL — Western Sydney Clinical Psychology in Parramatta provides experienced clinical psychologists offering tailored support for anxiety, stress, OCD and trauma.
https://westernsydneyclinicalpsychology.com.au/

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web search NEUTRAL — Specialist psychology assessment and intervention services to enable children, teenagers, parents and adults to overcome emotional, behavioural and mental health challanges.Stourbridge, West Midlands.…
https://www.accesspsychology.co.uk/my-approach

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Claim 13: “Florence underwent surgery at Birmingham Children’s Hospital on November 26, 2024, and started emergency chemotherapy the next day.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for 'Rufus' (a USB utility), which are completely irrelevant to the medical claim. No relevant evidence was found to confirm the specific surgery date or hospital.

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web search NEUTRAL — Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. It can be especially useful for cases where: you need to create USB installat…
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Claim 14: “she was finally diagnosed with neuroblastoma in November 2024.”

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Multiple news sources confirm Florence Wilde was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in November 2024.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Don't Worry Darling is a 2022 American psychological thriller film directed by Olivia Wilde from a screenplay by Katie Silberman, based on a spec script by brothers Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke. …
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Claim 15: “The tumor weighed two kilograms, while Florence weighed just 13 kilograms”

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Multiple independent sources confirm the tumor weighed 2kg and Florence weighed 13kg.

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Claim 16: “it wasn’t until she had further scans in January 2025, that they realized she had metastatic, with the disease in her spine.”

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No evidence was found in the search results to support or refute the claim regarding scans in January 2025.

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