Zainab was once an active, chubby child, but she lost weight and preferred to be on the bed instead of running around. “Everybody wanted to play with her,” Mr. Mughal said. When they learned that Zainab had cancer, it was “devastating,” Mr. Mughal said. “At that time we were completely destroyed.”Zainab had a tumor growing in her stomach, Mr. Mughal said, and a biopsy revealed that it was cancer. Children in that category have a five-year survival rate of around 40 to 50 percent, according to the American Cancer Society.

Source: New York Times January 06, 2019 09:56 UTC