HOMETOWN: DELL RAPIDS, SD
DIAGNOSIS: MEDULLOBLASTOMA
DATE OF DIAGNOSIS: 2018
CURRENT STATUS: STABLE
Derek is a 13-year-old boy from Dell Rapids, South Dakota. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor, medulloblastoma, in November of 2018. Derek underwent a successful tumor resection surgery after his diagnosis and then completed six weeks of proton radiothon therapy at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In December of 2020, Derek finished his regimen of chemotherapy and now is receiving physical therapy to help repair the damage from the chemotherapy. He is scheduled to receive an MRI every six months to monitor for tumor regrowth.
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