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Two children with lung cancer in Japan acquired the tumour cells from their mothers during or shortly before birth – an incredibly rare way of developing the disease.
Chitose Ogawa at the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo and her colleagues made the discovery while sequencing the DNA of the children’s tumours for a prospective clinical trial.
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The first boy was diagnosed with lung cancer at 23 months old, while the second boy was 6 years old when he developed chest pain, leading doctors to discover a tumour in his left lung.
Both mothers turned out to have cervical cancer: the mother of the first boy was diagnosed three months after the birth and the mother of the second boy was diagnosed following delivery.
A six-year-old girl who was given just two years to live has undergone an operation by celebrity brain surgeon Charlie Teo hoping to save her life.
Maddie Suy, from Sydney s inner-west, was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma after being rushed to hospital on November 28 with a severe migraine.
After being told by doctors that Maddie s tumour was inoperable, her desperate parents turned to Dr Teo, a renowned neurosurgeon known for performing high-risk surgeries - but with prices to match.
Dr Teo wanted to operate on her to try and remove part of the tumour.
Maddie Suy, from Sydney s inner-west, was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)
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Madeline Suy, from Sydney s inner west, was rushed to hospital suffering a migraine on November 28. After an MRI scan her parents were given the devastating diagnosis.