A father who has been given less than a year to live is hoping to raise the money for clinical trials which his family believe could give him a second chance.
John Robertson, 35 from Ayr, began struggling to swallow food in February of this year, followed by chest pain and tightness in his chest.
After initially waiting for the symptoms to pass at the urging of his wife, Nicole, he visited his GP in May.
After being examined he was fast-tracked for an endoscopy which showed a tumour in his oesophagus covering 75% of the area.
Mr Robertson was sent CT & PET scans which showed the cancer had spread and his biopsies came back showing he had a very aggressive adenocarcinoma oesophageal cancer.
He was informed that the cancer had spread to distant organs, including his liver, and was terminal.
He was given a prognosis of 9-10 months, with NHS Scotland stating that they could no nothing more than offer him end of life care.
A second opinion returned the same result, and John and Nicole travelled to London to consult with an oncology clinic.
John Robertson has been diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal adenocarcinoma (Image: Nicole Robertson)
They were told Mr Robertson may be a candidate for the clinical trial phase of the OligoMetastatic Esophagogastric Cancer project, OMEC-5, if he responds well to six rounds of chemotherapy under the OMEC-4 criteria.
He has also been in contact with a doctor in Germany to look to map out a treatment plan as part of a clinical trial.
However, those treatments will be undertaken privately and the family are looking to raise money with a fundraiser in Maybole at the end of this month.
It will feature live music, a buffet and prizes and Nicole has also put out a call for any children's entertainers to attend.
The poster for John's fundraiser (Image: Nicole Robertson)
She said: "This means absolutely everything to our family. John is a young dad with three children, and we are determined to explore every avenue available to give him the best possible chance."
