South Africa

Parents of boy, 4, with rare cancer pin hopes on experimental drug

06 July 2020 - 07:00 By sipokazi fokazi
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Four-year-old Owen van Vuuren with his mother, Candice Hamman.
Four-year-old Owen van Vuuren with his mother, Candice Hamman.
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Lockdown has played havoc with the treatment of ​little Owen, who has a rare brain-stem tumour.

But his parents, buoyed by the prospect of a new drug, aren't giving up.

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