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Powerful Genetic Test Matches Life-Saving Therapy to Young Patient’s Cancer

Lara Stuart and her husband, David Lodge, first noticed the peculiar rash on their son Quincy’s face when he was just shy of four months old. Trips to the pediatrician and a dermatologist didn’t offer up any concrete answers – and the next thing they knew Quincy’s abdomen started to swell. Stuart and Lodge drove Quincy to the nearby UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland emergency department, and the infant was admitted to the hospital where doctors ordered a battery of tests. Later that day, the family received the news that would change their lives forever: Quincy had a rare and aggressive childhood blood cancer called juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, or JMML.