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Girl suffers stage 4 cancer relapse days before 3rd birthday, family faces $1.3m bill: 'We see a little girl, not a number'

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An Indonesian family is appealing for donations to help their 3-year-old daughter continue receiving treatment for stage 4 cancer, which relapsed just days before her third birthday.Leticia Briella Magaline is receiving treatment at KK Women's and Children's Hospital after doctors discovered in June 2026 that her neuroblastoma — an aggressive form of childhood cancer — had returned, just months after scans gave the all clear.The relapse was discovered just three days before her third birthday, reported Shin Min Daily News.Her family is now appealing for donations to fund further treatment, including chemo-immunotherapy, which her doctors have recommended as the next step.Diagnosed at 20 months old Leticia was just two months shy of her second birthday when she was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma in April last year, and doctors told her parents that she may have only six months to live.

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