DIPG

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Image courtesy of "The Sydney Morning Herald"

What is a DIPG? The inoperable and incurable childhood brain tumour (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The highly-aggressive paediatric brain tumour is typically diagnosed between five and seven years and life expectancy ranges from six to 18 months.

Surgery isn’t an option because of the tumour’s location in the brain stem. DIPG cells don’t grow as large masses that push normal brain tissue aside. The inoperable and incurable childhood brain tumour

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