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Treatment offers promise for 'terrible, terrible' brain cancer in young people

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A form of brain cancer called DIPG has killed every child and young adult who's ever been diagnosed.

The 5-year survival rate is below 1% .

The treatment, altered versions of the patient's own immune cells, was delivered throughout the patient’s entire body.

It caused terrible side effects and had to be delivered along with chemotherapy.

Drew was diagnosed with DIPG four years ago , during his junior year of high school.

The growing tumor affected his hearing balance and gait.

He received his first treatment in June 2021 .

By senior spring , he was healthy enough to return to school, navigating hallways with a rolling walker.

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