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'Most aggressive' childhood cancer gets clinical trial

A clinical trial is underway for a world-first treatment for a rare type of childhood cancer (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australian doctors are pioneering a world-first treatment for an incurable and rare type of childhood cancer, with a clinical trial underway in Sydney.

The trial into the fatal brain cancer known as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) is taking place at Sydney Children's Hospital where doctors are using patients' own immune systems to specifically target the disease.

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