A "beautiful and intelligent" teenager whose cancer r eturned more than three times in a seven-year battle has died with her twin sister by her side. Sophie Walker, from Edinburgh, was diagnosed with a Wilms tumour, a type of kidney cancer, in 2017 after being rushed to hospital with a suspected stomach bug. The 17-year-old had gone into remission twice and tragically relapsed four times - with the cancer returning more than three times between 2020 and 2024.
She passed away on Saturday, July 6, with her family including twin sister Megan next to her. Her parents Rebecca and Jamie, sister Megan and other nine siblings have spoken of their heartbreak. A family message said: "Our beautiful, intelligent, funny, thoughtful and brave girl Sophie fell fast asleep last night just after 6.
30pm with Megan lying by her side and surrounded by all her family. We love Sophie with all our hearts and our world will never be the same again, to say we are heartbroken is a complete understatement. "Please keep our broken family in your thoughts and prayers, this is a post I never ever thought I’d have to write.
" In October, 2017, loving twin Megan also started experiencing similar phantom symptoms- including back pain in the location of Sophie's tumour - despite not having the disease itself. Along with her other nine siblings, the family launched an impassioned fundraising campaign for Sophie and raised over £90,000 for the teen to have immunotherapy, vitamin C infusions and various more a.