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Teen with relapsed lymphoma returns home after trial treatment
Ethan Griffiths, a 14-year-old from Maesteg in Wales, was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma, a fast-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, in January.
Chemotherapy left him cancer-free in May, but the cancer returned aggressively soon after he came home from hospital.
His father, Lloyd, who has also had cancer, advised him to detach himself from the illness to cope.
Ethan joined a UK-wide clinical trial at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children for patients whose B-cell lymphoma had not responded to treatment or had returned.
The trial tests two new drugs and offered a 50% chance of success.
Ethan came home cancer-free again in September, although no further treatment plans are described.
Ethan Griffiths, 14, returned home to Maesteg cancer-free in September after trial treatment for relapsed Burkitt lymphoma.
He was diagnosed in January, received chemotherapy and was declared cancer-free in May before his cancer returned.
Ethan took part in a UK-wide clinical trial at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children for patients with relapsed or treatment-resistant B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The trial involved two new drugs and offered a 50% chance of success.
Ethan said he tried to stay positive and followed advice from his father, Lloyd, who had also faced cancer.
- Who
- Ethan Griffiths, a 14-year-old with Burkitt lymphoma, and his family.
- What
- He returned home cancer-free after receiving trial treatment for relapsed lymphoma.
- When
- He came home in September. He was diagnosed in January and declared cancer-free in May before relapsing.
- Where
- Maesteg, Wales, and Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
- Why
- His cancer had relapsed after chemotherapy, so he joined a clinical trial for patients with relapsed or treatment-resistant B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Through it all I tried to stay as positive as I could
It was much more heartbreaking because I was getting back into everything
Ethan was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma.
After chemotherapy, he was declared cancer-free.
His lymphoma relapsed.
After trial treatment in Bristol, Ethan came home to Maesteg cancer-free again.
- Age
- 14
- Diagnosis
- Burkitt lymphoma
- Trial location
- Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
- Trial
- Two new drugs; 50% chance of success
- Home
- Maesteg, in September
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