BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 6-year-old who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia is in remission and ready for first grade after receiving an innovative cancer treatment at Roswell Park Comprehensive Care Center.
On April 29, 2024, Bryn Ailinger was diagnosed with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Roswell Park says because her cancer cell carried a rare and aggressive mutation, TCF3-HLH, standard chemotherapies and surgeries didn’t work.
“You think the worst immediately,” said Justin Ailinger, Bryn’s father. “I didn’t know if I was going to have a daughter by the end of the year.”…