Teenage boy, aged 18, dies after being diagnosed with 'rare and aggressive' cancer - just a month after he beat testicular cancer

Ewan Jeanes died earlier this month almost a year after he was first diagnosed with germ cell cancer.

Ewan was just 16 when they had first discovered he had testical cancer. He had surgery to have the cancer removed, and in February 2025 he beat the disease. But then in March he discovered that he had germ cell cancer.

The teen tried various different types of treatment over the past 11 months, but died earlier this month at the age of 18. A GoFundMe page has now been set up in his honour to help his family pay for funeral expenses. A message of the page reads: “Ewan had recieved chemo but then relapsed, recieved a different type of chemo but then had relapsed again, had tried a higher dose of chemo and a stem cell transplant but unfortunately this also did not work as it is a rare and aggressive form of cancer.

“Unfortunately on 6th February 2026 at only 18 years old, Ewan had lost his fight to cancer surrounded by his family.”

The GoFundMe page has raised more than £3,000 towards a £3,500 target in the 11 days since it was set up. Donations of between £5 and £300 have been given from 110 people.

Remembering the kind of person Ewan was, a tribute written on the page said: “While all this was happening Ewan stayed positive and full of life; still cracking jokes, still making plans, not letting it get him down. In Ewan’s words ‘I can beat cancer 10 times but it only has to beat me once, I’m not scared to die’.”

Explaining the reason for setting up the GoFundMe page, the message read: “We would be ever so grateful if anyone can donate anything atall to help go towards giving Ewan the send of he deserves. Every little helps, all funds will go towards Ewan’s funeral expenses.”