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A two-year-old girl of Georgia has been diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer and is under chemotherapy.

McKenna Shea Xydias was diagnosed with the cancerous disease after she was rushed to the hospital for abdominal bloating and fever for many weeks and subsequently doctors found a 14 cm tumor in the child’s ovary. She underwent surgery for the first time on February 18.

The doctors were able to remove 90 percent of the tumor as well as other cancerous implants, while one ovary and some parts of the small intestines had to be removed, the doctors kept one ovary intact.

But a week later, she was officially diagnosed with stage 3 yolk sac ovarian cancer and begun chemo on February 27. Parents from then were puzzled how the kid could suffer from cancer of the ovaries. However, days later, McKenna was operated upon again and 13cm of her small intestines were removed. 

McKenna’s parents, both educators who have just recently started new jobs, are in hopeless need of financial assistance as they are going through the lean period. The couple also has two other children. Through the Go Fund Me page https://www.gofundme.com/fighting-with-kenni, the couple intends to raise $30,000 for McKenna’s treatment.

Ovarian yolk sac tumor or cancer, also known as endodermal sinus tumors are a rare but highly-malignant type of tumors. It occurs in children and youngsters. According to research, the outcomes of the disease are quite poor. The disease is deadly for the most part.

But with advancements in the field of chemotherapy in the last couple of years, survival rates of yolk sac tumors have improved.

-Sowmya Sangam