Travis Murphy

Age: 6 years old
Gender: Male
Type of Cancer: Neuroblastoma
Date of Diagnosis: July 1995
Conventional Treatments: Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, gene therapy, retinoic acid treatments
Start of Antineoplaston Treatment: March 1998
Date of Partial Response: May 1998 (VMA and HVA levels returned to normal)
Submitted to Website: March 19, 1999, by Sue Murphy, Travis's mom

You may donate frequent flier miles to help Travis and his mom travel to Houston for his checkups. Money is being raise for Travis's treatment through the:

Travis Murphy Fund, Union Bank of California, 34177 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, CA 92629.

In July of 1995, when he was only 2 years old, Travis was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, which is a lethal and rare form of childhood cancer. This form of cancer leads to tumors throughout the body, including the brain. Travis had surgery and received chemotherapy and radiation treatments that made him weak and sick. Travis's mom Sue says that he was very thin, had no hair, and could not eat. He was a very sick little boy. The worst part was that the treatments did not work.

Then Sue Murphy learned of Dr. Burzynski and took her little boy to Houston. Travis began antineoplaston treatment in March of 1998. Only 2 months after beginning treatment with antineoplastons his VMA and HVA levels have returned to normal, and the cancer has not grown since he began treatment. Today, Travis's condition is stable, and his tumors are not growing. What's more, he looks happy and healthy.

Although Travis is doing well on antineoplaston therapy, his health care insurance refuses to pay for the treatments that are keeping him alive. Therefore, Sue, a single mother of three, must rely on her community. After reading about Travis in a local newspaper article, an 11-year-old girl named Emily raised $1,000 by placing jars in the classrooms at her school. And, an anonymous donor donated $6,000!

Travis says, "I think I'm in love with [Emily]." Travis just celebrated his sixth birthday. Sue Murphy said, "My birthday wish for Travis is that he sees his seventh birthday... that's my wish."

March 22, 1999