A campaign to get a three-year-old with a rare and aggressive cancer to the US for treatment will hit the big screen today with a film to be shown at the Amex before the Albion game.

Teddy Lichten, from Hassocks, has neuroblastoma, a type of cancer which mainly affects babies and young children.

His parents Kat and Alistair have been fundraising to get him to America for treatment which is not currently available in the UK.

Today the campaign will appear on the Amex big screen with a moving film about Teddy’s diagnosis and treatment so far.

The short film will be aired before the kick-off whistle blows at the Premier League match when the Seagulls taken on Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The film, co-produced and narrated by Teddy's grandmother Kayla Lichten, was created to support the fundraising efforts for his treatment.

This is a vaccine which would help Teddy’s body fight off the cancer on its own and could cost anything from £250,000 to £300,000.

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Teddy had just turned three and become a big brother to Rupert when he began having fevers, tonsilitis and an ear infection last summer.

Then on June 26, he told Kat and Alistair that his sides hurt.

After a few days he was still unwell but no source of infection was found so he had an ultrasound. Teddy then had blood tests and an MRI which revealed he had neuroblastoma.

Kat told of the moment she heard about her son’s diagnosis, saying: "A consultant walked into the room and whispered to the ultrasound tech 'where did you see the mass?' and my heart stopped.

“We were told our precious boy had a type of cancer called neuroblastoma and our world shattered.”

Teddy has since undergone high-dose chemotherapy, blood-transfusions and stem-cell transplants and still has nine months of front-line treatment ahead of him.

Kat and Alistair hope the film will help with their fundraising efforts and have been “overwhelmed” by support from people across the county.

Kat said: “My husband and I both went to the University of Sussex, support the Seagulls, and chose to raise our family in Hassocks. We have been overwhelmed by the support of our neighbours, wider community, and Sussex institutions such as Brighton and Hove Albion.”