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Newlyweds Celebrate After Experimental Treatment Leaves No Sign of Husband’s Leukemia

Kate and Mike Brandon came to the U.S. in order to take part in an experimental cancer treatment aimed at reviving the immune system to fight cancer through modifying the body’s own T-cells to attack cancer cells. The couple began the cancer-fighting treatments soon after they were married.

“When my [leukemia] relapsed in March, we were told that it was time to plan our last days together, but Kate point blank refused,” Mike Brandon wrote on the couple’s GoFundMe page. “We would fight on, and we have.”

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Good news, both for this couple and for the future of leukemia treatments!

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