DIAGNOSED with brain cancer at a young age, she was determined to fight the disease.

When Vanessa Priscilla Gimmi began to lose her appetite and weight at the age of eight, cancer was the last thing on her parent’s mind. They took her to several hospitals in the Philippines, where doctors diagnosed her as having gastritis, anorexia nervosa and other conditions.

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