13 岁比利时男孩卢卡斯在 BIOMEDE 试验中使用依维莫司药物治疗后成为第一个脑干胶质瘤 (DIPG) 被治愈的儿童。 13-year-old Belgian boy Lucas becomes first child cured of brainstem glioma (DIPG) after treatment in BIOMEDE trial with drug everolimus.
来自比利时的六岁男孩卢卡斯被诊断出患有一种罕见的脑癌，称为脑干胶质瘤，现在是世界上第一个治愈这种疾病的儿童。 A six-year-old boy named Lucas from Belgium, who was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer called brainstem glioma, is now the first child in the world to have been cured of the disease. 这种罕见的脑肿瘤的全名是弥漫性内在桥脑胶质瘤（DIPG）。 The full name of this rare brain tumor is diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). 在美国，每年大约有 300 名儿童被诊断出患有此病，在法国则有多达 100 名儿童被诊断出患有此病。 It is typically diagnosed in around 300 children in the United States and up to 100 in France each year. 尽管预后很严峻，卢卡斯现在已经 13 岁了，而且没有发现肿瘤的痕迹。 Despite being given a grim prognosis, Lucas is now 13 years old and has no trace of the tumor. 这一突破为至少部分被诊断患有这种罕见脑肿瘤的儿童提供了真正的治愈希望。 This breakthrough offers real hope for a cure for at least some children diagnosed with this rare brain tumor.