by Joshua Scarselli.
The gala, held on November 10 in New York City, raises money to fund research for a cure for D.I.P.G. (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma). D.I.P.G. is an inoperable brainstem tumor that normally occurs in children. Children diagnosed with D.I.P.G. tend to live less than two years. Around 300 children are diagnosed with D.I.P.G. each year in the United States. The research the foundation has funded with their medical partners at Lenox Hill and around the world has seen some people live longer lives with their tumor and has even seen the first people declared D.I.P.G. free. There is no known cure, but their work gives the children and their families who deal with this devastating disease hope for the future.
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