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Scientists make major breakthrough in fight against incurable child cancer – 7NEWS.com.au
The devastating disease has an average survival time of just nine months after diagnosis but a cure is not too far away.
Scientists are on the verge of a world-first medical breakthrough in the fight against an aggressive childrens brain cancer.
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, claims 20 Australian lives each year and has an average survival time of just nine months after diagnosis.
Watch the video above for more on the exciting cancer breakthrough
But now a new drug is offering hope to patients diagnosed with the deadly disease.
Scientists at Childrens Cancer Institute have found that a new treatment developed…
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