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Given Just 8 Months to Live, Teen Graduates Cancer-Free 4 Years Later Thanks to Doctor's Promise

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Dylan, diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer at 14 with an 8-month prognosis, survived and graduated cancer-free 4 years later after completing 52 weeks of chemotherapy supported by his oncologist Dr. Mary Austin's mentorship.

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Individual case outcome; does not establish new treatment efficacy or broader protocol changes.

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