New York Times: "A Daring Treatment, A Little Girl’s Survival"

I found another article in the media, this time the New York Times by Denise Grady, detailing the progressive treatment of now seven-year-old Melanie Joy McDaniel for a brain tumor, specifically an ependymoma, at a Children’s Oncology Group institution, Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

The author, Ms. Grady, states:

Recently, Mr. McDaniel sent me an e-mail message. “Melanie is now 7 years old, attending first grade, and doing very well,” he wrote. “The doctors told us last year that they do not see any residual tumor in her brain. Their original diagnosis was that her tumor had no known cure.”

The article goes on:

Mr. McDaniel said, “She goes to the survivor clinic now, instead of the pediatric brain tumor clinic.”

Mom Amy McDaniel added:

“We need the science to keep going. We need to be armed and ready if it does return.”

Read the full New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/health/18seco.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Denise+Grady&st=nyt&oref=slogin

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