Hospital Prom Brings Normalcy For A NightAfter undergoing surgery and chemotherapy to treat an aggressive, malignant brain tumor discovered when he was 14, Mark Acosta went into remission in March 2006. He went back to school, he hung out with friends and he made plans to attend the annual prom at Children's Hospital of Orange County. But as the date approached, an MRI gave the family news they had prayed would never come: The cancer was back. It had recurred in his spine. A week later, Mark underwent surgery to remove the tumor. And days before the June 30 prom, he began his first round of what will be nine months of chemotherapy treatments.
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