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- 113-Year-Old Cured of DIPG, the Deadliest Childhood Brain Cancer●A 13-Year-Old Has Been Cured of DIPG, the Deadliest Childhood Brain Cancer
A 13-year-old has reportedly been cured of DIPG, a deadly childhood brain cancer that until now has had a near-zero survival rate. The news is being described as a world first and is drawing wide attention from parents, doctors and researchers, who see it as a possible turning point in treating a disease long considered untreatable, while others await peer-reviewed confirmation of the results.
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Charles Kelley, member of country trio Lady A, has announced he has been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer at age 45, saying he intends to keep working through treatment. The news comes alongside a string of other cancer headlines, including Will Reeve reflecting on his late parents after revealing his own diagnosis, research on infections linked to millions of annual cancer cases, and trial results showing radiosurgery improves survival in lung cancer that has spread to the brain.