Boy With Rare Brain Cancer Fights Impossible Odds

Part 1: "Nightline" followed Daniel Biljanoski, 12, for a year at St. Jude Children's Hospital.

[@Sbmom1018]

I researched his name on the internet. He is alive and is 28 years old. He graduated from college with a degree in biology. He has been accepted to medical school and is studying to be a physician. ❤😊😊😊

[@Reiko9]

🙌🙌🙌

[@saranwrap7869]

watching this brings me back 32 years, In 1984... at age 6 when I was first diagnosed with childhood brain cancer. I fought it for 9 years with 1 reoccurance and 4 brain surgeries before it was finally "gone". Now my main scars are frequent seizures but I try to live life the fullest. I graduated college, like I wanted to do and am married with two loving children. All I can say is..... Don't give up!

[@itshardcore7704]

Wow Thats Amazing

[@nancysrios]

Bless you!

[@IcecreamLeGenD]

god bless you and your family! amazing

[@darwinthehotdog5587]

Saranwrap78 😭😭😭

[@aidenakturk3223]

Saranwrap78 god bless

[@musicgirl999]

No child should ever have to endure this.

[@helenrogers5569]

Elizabeth Schiada. No child should have to endure watching their parent die from a brain tumor.

[@rachaelnelson3702]

Cancer is from to much acid in the body we all need alkaline bodies in Stead

[@DHandon001]

ratio

[@reapwhatyousow1352]

goku still solos💪🧛‍♂️😹🙏

[@Opiumlover27]

@@aughhhhhg doesent matter because goku solos

[@susanhaloe2467]

I had a craniotomy to remove a stage 3 glioma brain tumor. Now it's a little over a year later and they do not see any new reoccurrence on the MRI scans. I had oral chemotherapy I think that the IV therapy is what makes people nausea I actually handled it quite well. Surprised my mom and I.

[@patriciafeilberg34]

we can't always believe what doctors say, they are not God. 39 years ago I was diagnosed with brain cancer and given 2 weeks to live. 39 years later I am responding to this article. my advice is to trust in God who created us.

[@RotisserieiJamie]

Then why is there cancer in the first place? You didn't deserve cancer. Nobody does, especially children. You also would be dead without those doctors.... They aren't always right when you may pass, but without them, we wouldn't have the chance. It's a good thing they weren't right, that you had two weeks to live. I rather trust in medical science.

[@RotisserieiJamie]

and Daniel Biljanosk wouldn't have lived if it weren't for the doctors....

[@helenrogers5569]

Jamie Calaway. Children don't deserve to lose their parents to cancer either.

[@lashawnablanton4649]

Amen

[@sk1nnyp3n1s7]

Well in a way the doctors saved you, we would be dead if it weren't for doctors

[@alexcross3286]

Such a great story and I’m glad I came across it. I was looking for something on DIPG and found this instead. Going through chemo at that age is unimaginable and for most children it only buys them more time. Daniel became cancer free and went into an undergrad/med school program after high school and lived to be cancer free.

[@benscofield6610]

who

[@george_2172]

That’s so nice to hear! Daniel is such a nice young man and deserves to live his dreams and succeed 🙏

[@PaulTheillusionist]

I pray Daniel is alright

[@darwinthehotdog5587]

Paul Robaia it said he survived

[@schwozluv8364]

Paul Robaia he lived. He’s alive today.

[@sc4rydude277]

Goku solos

[@JulieR73]

@@sc4rydude277zip it!

[@joshuahaley7358]

i have stage 4 brain cancer diagnose dec. 2013 was given 6 months to live the doctors were so sure i was gonna die that the first radiolgy oncologist refused to treat me because i woud not live long enough to benifit from it. my brand of cancer has a 100% reacurance im stil here amost nine months later.

[@CHEBOYKA]

Brother are you still here?? How are you? I pray for you.

[@joma]

I am indeed I'm doing well. I appreciate the prayers, thank you very much.

[@CHEBOYKA]

Wow. I'm crying. So happy for you. :)

[@prettiestqxeen4593]

Omg. :( ;(

[@frosthunterz6745]

You still ok dude?

[@tsunamix0147]

That was an incredible survival story! Great job Daniel!

[@JamiePickey]

@@DHandon001 🤦‍♂️

[@ellps4450]

I feel so bad for him. He is such a sweet boy.

[@DHandon001]

L + ratio

[@reapwhatyousow1352]

goku still solos ratio 😹🙏

[@Opiumlover27]

goku absoluetly slams

[@kellanrossi8521]

Can he beat goku tho

[@dmandc]

When I pre ordered destiny rise of iron they asked me if I wanted to donate to st Jude's and I donated 25$

[@carolinescogin8783]

Amazing

[@matthewhenry1398]

Dman Dc great job!

[@insecureboy5987]

Thanks

[@dmandc]

This was 4 years ago😐

[@jamespayne80]

Im gonna check him out now while Im watching this. I totally am believing he is still around and bearing the heck outta it.

[@kaiserofyoutube]

Sadly goku beat him :(

[@applejellypucci]

Daniel has amazing friends, as seen in this clip. It's so great that he's still doing well today.

[@heyjkn6557]

I know this girl who raises money and gives it to st judes she is really nice

[@darwinthehotdog5587]

WOAH WOAH WOAH. HE SURVIVED?!?!

[@leoncino2500]

How is Daniel today ? Hope he is well.

[@trevynn5293]

What color is your bugatti

[@lowesonia8551]

Beautiful boy long life to you and a bright future dear boy

[@monkeylover1446]

Yes there is a part2

[@grumpyoldlady_rants]

Anyone know how he’s doing today?

[@Trishpage312]

How is he now? That was a while go.

[@sugasimply2739]

My 13 year old classmate had brain cancer ..He is still recovering and will be home in a few days its really impressive how he overcame this by himself :) if you're reading this have a great day ^_^

[@Opiumlover27]

goku solos + ratio

[@madeasavage6566]

@@Opiumlover27 fr needs a rematch

[@kathleencurran9783]

God bless him

[@IcecreamLeGenD]

i wish him all the best! may god bless him!

[@Opiumlover27]

may god bless this ratio + goku solos 😹😹😹

[@taraxsk1]

@@Opiumlover27letting u remember this and let u know how fucking corny u sounded

[@rachaelnelson3702]

Our friend lived thanks to St Jude’s

[@AnaCaroline-nr2lb]

How is he?

[@navy_prodz]

He’s alive and well.

[@laurenjones8080]

This is one of the few things that makes me extremely proud to say I live I'm Memphis.

[@AlabamaElevators]

My cousin knew someone who was 9 and died from brain cancer

[@samanthavanwitzenburg5479]

this is how much money we raised up for st. Jude's children's Research hospital.$1,265! 🚴🚶

[@Coco-dz3id]

Thankyou

[@baudejas3]

people would dislke anything bro💀💀💀💀

[@anikorozsakovacs3996]

Despite his severe illness, he looks better/healthier than most healthy people...

[@stephenrafter1022]

Brave man.

[@michelewillems7538]

Question? Can this treatment be used for DIPG?

[@spankdarlamimi656]

michele willems My granddaughter Kaylee died of on dipg September 5th.

[@aughhhhhg]

What is DIPG

[@raenorth216]

Lone Wanderer It is Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. It is a tumor on the Brain Stem that nobody has ever survived and it is only a 5% chance you will. It makes talking hard, walking hard, eating hard, and thinking hard. It is pretty Rare. My bests friend had it and she died last July 10th. You can do research and find out more I just have been so exposed to the reality of it I know what it is and is like.

[@KenWangpiano]

No. DIPG is on a whole new level.

[@navy_prodz]

@@raenorth216 it’s actually 0% survival rate, but the doctors are trying to raise that rate. Leukemia had a 0% survival rate once, and the doctors got the rate to rise to 85%. The doctors are trying their best to raise the survival rate.

[@jamespayne80]

Any updates? Before I read them hopefully hes still fighting and winning it.

[@kevinhoward9593]

I don't get why the lady said "you wont get a bill from St Jude for anything." Their own website says Patients wont get a bill for Food, housing, treatment, and Travel. a doctors visit to an Insurance carrier is not classified as a treatment. therefore TECHNICALLY they should be billed for that. yes I found a nasty loop hole shoot me. I'm sure for every $1 that someone donates, 75% goes to pay the employees. I'm confused. a video posted just the day after this puts Daniel at 18 and graduating HS. how did he age from 12-18 in one day?

[@rachaelnelson3702]

They are not about the money

[@iBoYube]

God...i want him alive forever because he is younger

[@a_normal_gacha_kid]

Can he beat Goku though

[@V1PERB3ATZ]

I pray for the best 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@anonanon7699]

Good choice with the shrek music

[@He805]

This was back in 2013. Any update on this? Is Daniel still among us?

[@HeadsetShiba]

Tanja Nelson the videos actually from 2007, the recent news I have found for him was from 2013 when he graduated from high school and was cancer free I think?

[@yvonnejones3034]

Red​@@HeadsetShiba

[@MG-mt3ss]

Have any possible causes been identified? Are there any present or former industrial sites within miles of his residence? Was he drinking water raw from the tap? If so, it is possible the water well(s) could have sucked up, in the groundwater, a volatile organic compound / chemical known as VINYL CHLORIDE. It causes gliomas.

[@99645md]

God bless you Daniel, I how you are doing well.

[@lunar8243]

but can he beat goku?

[@danielalovecockapoo]

God bless you!

[@dan-qi6ed]

Are the odds as impossible as beating goku tho?

[@dikechyakharel538]

Kids this young should not have to go through this😭😭😭

[@tangled_goo]

Can he beat goku tho?

[@helenrogers5569]

I think this is more like an ad for this hospital. Great that there is vast treatment and research for children. Not so much for adults who leave young children behind and devastated.

[@Jacob-qf6bv]

Thank you God, and Daniel you are a true man in every sense of the word.

[@lolcrafter9998]

can he beat goku tho?

[@flawq3217]

I'm surprised I haven't seen a single comment saying "Damn Daniel, back at it again with the brain cancer survival".

[@insecureboy5987]

King Squidiness I feel Bad For Laughing Now

[@bsdjkgf2939]

Just one of the reasons I donate to St. Jude

[@reidchambers2521]

Do it for the right reason; not clout on YT 🙄

[@austinbiggs5459]

This sucks... I had a very good good friend at the age of who got cancer... Lucky tho people donated so much he's still alive he woke up and he can't even move he was crying in pain :(

[@ilyasworld2035]

Ok but can he beat Goku tho?

[@exspoza7890]

But can he beat goku

[@nancyfarkas3062]

I thought this was usually in young children?

[@eunicevinco2573]

I'm on my mom's phone and my head keeps on aching.

[@jokerjackson727]

I wonder if he survived

[@skilerhughes1703]

sad to this day

[@dripkuz]

Can't beat Goku tho

[@avagrace5563]

just “concurred” my brain tumor but today we find out it came back!

[@tzippyklein3608]

I'm so sorry

[@navy_prodz]

Praying for you!

[@zacsmith3445]

Youngboy dose it better tho 😭🤡🥶😹🥵🚮

[@navy_prodz]

No he doesn’t.

[@NinoEpicFortnite69420]

BUT CAN HE BEAT GOKU?!?

[@Lolllllll309]

Hey! It’s me! Goku!

[@ryanbasavareddi945]

Is he still alive?

[@chrismckernan6945]

He is 28 years old now !! 🎉

[@andrewhowden5826]

what cancer did he have, they never said.

[@brandonwear9081]

ATRT

[@dumbbois100]

people will really dislike anything

[@afro_pj9472]

He ain't beating Goku

[@navy_prodz]

That’s because Goku is fictional, and Daniel is non-fictional.

[@RedTitan5]

How is Daniel now

[@lolomo5787]

Alive and well.

[@alyssam1560]

MSG has glutamate blocking neurotransmitters causing migrians and seizures

[@steverussell3642]

What was the out come of this child and family?

[@faye6300]

He is cancer-free and at college

[@faye6300]

I think...maybe not the college part but...

[@brandonwear9081]

He graduated college

[@LectronCircuits]

If the odds are truly impossible, it's prudent to get your affairs in order and make preliminary funeral arrangements as a contingency.

[@AnaCaroline-nr2lb]

The boy is still alive.

[@user-et2tg4qv4j]

Bro still in debt

[@redeagle8559]

Goku can beat the impossible

[@rgartside032378]

Thank God that there are still miracles in this world!

[@Opiumlover27]

goku still solos

[@JulieR73]

@@Opiumlover27Go away

[@Pixzaz101]

Stay Strong, Live Your Life 3

[@88Meava88]

Did he make it?

[@88Meava88]

Hellen Masiasia he did. Waaauw.

[@phatlaggyrat5916]

Why did people dislike this video? Feel bad for him 😞

[@cyb3rlovezzzzzu]

Cuz we're menaces 🥱

[@Joker-zd1pt]

because youngboy did it better

[@navy_prodz]

@@cyb3rlovezzzzzu yeah. Speak up. Moron.

[@navy_prodz]

@@Joker-zd1pt no one did it better. Daniel could’ve died, and you’re trashing on him.

[@shannonzhang3360]

god bless you.Best wishes

[@preppy9663]

This is so sad 😞

[@allensizemore1481]

So watching this makes me proud to donate to St. Judes and also makes me want to share a conversation I had with my girlfriend years ago. I donated a small portion of my paycheck every week to St. Jude and she donated a small portion of her paycheck to an animal rescue center. While I admired her donations to a cause to help animals I asked her how she came to the decision to donate to animals instead of children with cancer and her response was something I will never forget. She said, "If everyone would donate just a little bit then there would be plenty to go around for every cause." I have to admit that this was not the answer I was expecting but immediately made perfect sense to me.

[@Opiumlover27]

goku solos

[@wefwray]

not beating goku

[@rasmus4583]

how can you dislike this video

[@cultisticlyaccurate]

Can he beat goku?

[@King-yt1pg]

Who tf is disliking these videos

[@navy_prodz]

Morons. Complete morons.

[@LectronCircuits]

By definition & logic, if the odds are impossible, then fighting is futile!

[@AnaCaroline-nr2lb]

He survived.

[@nancyfarkas3592]

@@AnaCaroline-nr2lbthat was a long time ago. Most likely he is not alive today

[@KONOSANITYDA]

can he beat goku tho??? Goku soloes base form he gonna want a rematch

[@MrExotiqo]

he s alive ?

[@rasheda9852]

That's really sad to see that Innocent boy and he said I will be hear for short time. Hey kid we all gonna die sooner or later.

[@MissCeCe112101]

I hope he’s ok

[@nooraqueen2716]

As if of 2023 he survived he’s 27 now

[@heatherfischer181]

I know you are strong and just take one day at a time and keeping strong keeping you and don't let cancer change you

[@donkeyboy7518]

for all of you who have such language on these kind of videos. I feel sorry for you. and I hope you get a life and grow up one of these days and change your ways

[@helenrogers5569]

But there is no cure for Glioblastoma.

[@Oscar.919]

prayers to everyone that has suffered from this cancer im really sorry i just hope in the future there will be a cure for cancer bc its sad hearing stories like this 😢😭🙏

[@HERTERT555]

GOKU SOLOS NO PROBLEm

[@YouGotToStayFrosty]

But can he beat Goku

[@dfeldhoover8779]

Awww this did anyone notice he lost some of his hair when je said get yoir butt over here

[@rangergun]

my question is why are kids so young getting this sick. its happening more and more.i dont think back in the 1800s or early 1900s kids got this sick. happy he is ok and he stays that way.

[@helenrogers5569]

rangergun one, the growth in population and two, people didn't question the issues that were not diagnosible.

[@Jkstolz]

Lots of carcinogenic things in life.. and I believe vaccines change DNA and cause lymphoma and leukemia.

[@CarbonComp]

Life is unfair, deal with fucking it.

[@rachaelnelson3702]

The food we eat is making us all sick organic ones are much better to eat

[@effiemartin1380]

Are you stupid?

[@GIguy]

As a Canadian I just have to say this, it just tears me apart that they have to travel to this one particular hospital so they won’t have to pay a medical bill. I lived my entire life, all 49 years of it here in Toronto Canada. The idea of getting a bill in the mail from the hospital or doctor is absurd, and something that I never thought of before until I got sick and started joining online support groups, most of whom were Americans. Suddenly I hear stories of people not just losing their job, but their home and their entire life savings just to pay for their healthcare, that is absolutely insane, especially in a country as wealthy as the United States of America. Healthcare is not a privilege, it is a right, if only your idiot government would stop trying to take over the world through military conquest and put that money towards saving their own people instead, you will be so much better off. And despite what lies you may of heard from FOXNews, there are no huge long wait times for medical procedures, from the ages of 23rd my current 49, I thought 34 operations, and I’ve never had to wait longer than a month, usually I can get in within a week. With all the taxes you pay, you all deserve the same as we have, And I will never understand why your government refuses to help its own citizens, they certainly don’t hesitate taking your money I’m blowing it on the military! What good is having the biggest gun have half your population is dying?

[@beanbag6906]

There is lots of free health care. A citizen can always receive treatment and never be denied at any hospital in the U.S. worry about your own country please. I had no heakth insurance and my whole pregnancy I received care. My son was hospitalized for 1 month and all his care was free. My grandmother had stage 4 cancer and no insurance except medicare. She was given 3 months to live and lived almost 4 years after free chemo and radiation

[@beanbag6906]

Your owm citizens come to the United States for ground breaking treatments not available in your country.

[@Opiumlover27]

goku solos

[@KhadaJhin04]

I think it's also a matter of the center being up to date with the most effective treatments and clinical trials. Wouldn't feel so bad for them.

[@LeeSeneca]

Guess where Michael Buble brought his son when he was diagnosed with liver cancer? To the US. This country has incentives for new treatments and such. It's not perfect but it's better than yours on innovation. When I took my nursing boards in Buffalo, NY I was the only American. The rest were all nurses from Canada who lost their jobs when Canada changed to Government health care.