Alex Polywka on the cover of the Oxford Mail. Photography by Quintin Lake

Alex Polywka feature in the Oxford Mail. Photography by Quintin Lake

Alex Polywka with his 12-year-old brother Stephen and their mother Susan. He was diagnosed with brain cancer by doctors in February and attained five A*s and two As in his GCSEs despite taking his exams just a fortnight after undergoing chemotherapy.

Read Alex Polywka’s Story in the Oxford Mail, the Daily Mail, and the Sun,

VIEW IMAGES of Alex Polywka here >>

Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010