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Cambridge's Katie Herron, 7, loses lifelong battle against rare cancer

'Life will never be the same without you, sweetheart'

Katie won the hearts of many people in and around Cambridge as they rallied to fundraise $500,000 in 2015 for an experimental cancer treatment only available in the U.S

That fundraising continued this year, as she faced her fourth battle with cancer.

Fund raiser

In January, K-W's Rob Brunette helped organize an event at the Grand River Hotel, to help ease the financial burden on Katie's family.

Brunette lost his wife to cancer, which he said was painful enough. He can't imagine what the girl's family is going through.

"It's one thing to lose a parent. It's another thing to lose a wife. But to lose a child? That's got to be twice as devastating ... That's what hit me the hardest."

Rare cancer

At 18 months, Herron was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in her legs. After undergoing chemotherapy, radiation and a bone marrow transplant, she was told by her doctors that a T-cell therapy trial at the University of Pennsylvania was her best bet. ....

Cambridge's Katie Herron, 7, loses lifelong battle against rare cancer. (2017). CBC News. Retrieved 10 February 2017, from https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/katie-herron-cancer-cambridge-dies-1.3972139