8-year-old boy has months to live after his parents find a pea-sized lump on his leg

Chandler Tran had an amputation to keep his cancer at bay, but it continued to spread to other parts of his body, leaving nowhere to be seen. 'other choice to doctors Chandler was diagnosed with osteosarcoma earlier this year

A young boy has been told he has just months to live after a pea-sized lump was discovered on his leg that led to a devastating diagnosis.

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Eight-year-old Chandler from Sydney, Australia is a happy kid like any other with a passion for LEGO, Transformers, Pokemon and Star Wars.

But on this year's Star Wars Day - May 4 - his world was turned upside down after he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of bone cancer.

It was a month earlier, on Good Friday, that his parents Cong and Trang Tran had noticed a pea-sized lump on their son's left leg, just below the kneecap.

Chandler was taken to hospital after experiencing pain in his leg

Their attention was drawn to the bump after they noticed Chandler limping around the house and asked if he had hit something.

"No, nothing happened," replied the youngster.

At that time, Cong noticed the bump.

"It was probably the size of a pea", Cong. "But it was pretty firm."

The lump stayed there and was causing little Chandler a lot of pain the next day, so his parents took him to the hospital.

"They had an X-ray and came back with nothing," Cong said.

"So they gave us painkillers and we went home."