World’s First: A Child’s Fatal Brain Cancer Was Cured

Years ago, when I was only 6 years old, Lucas A child named was diagnosed with brain cancer. Gilal tumor This tumor, called the Cancer Cancer, was known to be fatal in children, in fact, no child survived this type of cancer. French Doctor Jacques GrillWhile giving the bad news to the family, he had to tell them that their child would die. Today, Lucas is completely healthy and 13 years old, and in this sense he has achieved a first in the world.

Succes the impossible

Belgian child in the brain First child to be cured of gilal tumor It went down in history as. Although childhood cancer can be treated with up to 85 percent success rate, this case is quite different and promising compared to others, according to the doctors involved in Lucas’ treatment. From the cancer center in Paris Gustave Roussysays Lucas has done the impossible.

This type of brain cancer, called DIPG, occurs in thousands of children worldwide every year. Children with this type of cancer whose growth can sometimes be slowed down with chemotherapy and radiotherapy only 10 percent He lived for more than two years and no drug treatment could be effective against this cancer.

Lucas and his family came to France from Belgium, holding on to a very small hope. IN BIOME participated in drug tests. Among the drugs tested here, Lucas was chosen by chance to try the drug everolimus. Doctor Grill, what we didIn regular MRI scans He said that they observed that the cancer formation completely disappeared. Grill, who continued to use the medicine after the tumor disappeared, ended the process after Lucas said that he had stopped taking the medicine a while ago.

Although seven other children survived after similar treatments, only Lucas had the tumor. completely disappeared. Researchers now set out to examine the genetic factors behind Lucas’ full recovery. They announced that after identifying these genetic factors, they would develop drugs effective on tumor cells. Although these explanations are promising, it is still difficult to produce a usable drug. 10-15 years It is thought that a similar period of time is required.