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Henry and Bec: Coping with childhood brain cancer
“I think one of the hardest parts of the diagnosis was hearing about the short and long-term effects of the chemotherapy and radiation. Radiation specialists told us that the radiation would hopefully stop the spread of cancer, but would also do damage in the long term to his brain.”
Bec’s little boy Henry was diagnosed with a brain tumour after he suffered severe migraines. Doctors told Bec that he had an 85 percent survival rate.
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