# @ucsfchildrens on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZTBse5Cbmo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66483380-ucsfchildrens-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-07T20:00:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UCSF Benioff Children’s (@ucsfchildrens) — https://gondola.cc/ucsfchildrens

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Please congratulate Lyla! She’s cancer-free after a month in our pediatric ICU, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, two stem-cell transplants and immunotherapy — all to treat neuroblastoma! 
 
In 2022 at just two years old, Lyla began experiencing abdominal pain, and a blood test from her local doctor revealed cancer. Lyla came to our #Oakland hospital and met with oncologist, Dr. Natalie Wu. Unfortunately, she began experiencing severe bleeding during testing and received multiple transfusions. Lyla stayed in our Intensive Care Unit for a month on a ventilator. During that time, our team diagnosed her with high-risk stage 4 #neuroblastoma and began chemo. 
 
Lyla stayed in the hospital for eight weeks, later traveling to us from her hometown of Napa for treatment. After five rounds of #chemo, Lyla had surgery to remove her adrenal gland and tumor. She then went through two back-to-back stem-cell transplants, radiation therapy and five sessions of #immunotherapy. Lyla finished inpatient treatment in July 2023 and started a trial medication to prevent the cancer cells from coming back. She finished the (now standard) medication in July 2025 and got to ring the end-of-treatment bell! 
 
Lyla is now a happy 6-year-old who loves going to school and visiting with her UCSF care team at checkups. She has fun dressing in her princess costumes, and her Make-A-Wish dream came true: She went to Disney World with her family! 
#NCSD26 #celebratelife #cancersurvivor

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chemo, celebratelife, neuroblastoma, cancersurvivor, immunotherapy, oakland, ncsd26

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