Lucas, 12 years old, recovered from incurable cancer

On his trampoline, 12-year-old Lucas looks like a teenager like any other. However, he has come a long way. He is today the first child to have recovered from a cancer deemed incurable. “It’s a small miracle for us”, his parents testify. The doctors themselves had little hope. In 2017, Lucas is 6 years old. During the summer vacation, he feels worse and worse. “My parents noticed it because I wasn’t walking straight. I passed out and my nose was bleeding“, explains the young boy. The diagnosis, a particularly aggressive brain tumor.

A major hope for the future

The Belgian family leaves for Lucas to be treated in France, in search of a miracle treatment. “When we arrived in Paris, we were confronted with the fact that there was not much hope, and that even the treatment was just experimental”, says Cédric, the boy’s father. The family even plans to go and test other protocols in the United States or Mexico, but the treatment takes effect in just a few months. This is a major hope for the doctor who treated him.