Photos: Heartbroken Parents Beg For Permission to Kill Their 4-year-old Daughter With Eye Cancer

Zhao Zihan, from north-western China's Shaanxi Province, was diagnosed two years ago with retinoblastoma. Last year, she had her left eyeball removed in an operation, but the…


cancer cells continued to spread and a massive, malignant tumour began growing on her cheek.

Despite numerous consultations, hospital visits and painful medical treatment including removing her eye, doctors said her cancer was incurable, Daily Mail reports.

Now her parents say they can no longer bear to see her in pain.

Her father Zhao Lipeng, 27, told QNews: 'We hope to find a hospital that will admit our child and help lessen her pain so that she can leave this world peacefully,' he said.
We can't bear to see her like this any more.

'She is suffering all the time. We have taken her to every hospital and every specialist that we could, and everyone has told us it incurable.

'There is no hope,' the heartbroken parents cried.

They have taken their daughter to hospitals including Beijing's Tongren Hospital, which specialises in ophthalmology.

It was there that doctors confirmed her condition was incurable and would be terminal.

Retinoblastoma – cancer of the retina – causes the cells of the retina to grow rapidly and out of control.

It is the most common reason for eye tumours found in children.

If the cancer has spread beyond the eye, as in Zhao Zihan's case, it has the potential to spread around the body and is difficult to treat.