Unusual treatment shows promise for kids with brain tumors
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer
April 11, 2021
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1of6This 2016 photo provided by the family shows Jake Kestler, center, with his parents, Gallite and Josh, and his sister, Lily, a month before he was diagnosed with brain cancer. Jake received a genetically-modified virus-based treatment for the cancer when he was 12. "He lived for a year and four months after that," long enough to celebrate his bar mitzvah, go with his family to Hawaii and see a brother be born, said his father, Josh Kestler, of Livingston, N.J. Jake's parents started a foundation, Trail Blazers for Kids, to further research. (Family Photo via AP)APShow MoreShow Less