Jack Hoffman's cancer in remission
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Nebraska fan Jack Hoffman's pediatric brain cancer is in remission, his family says.
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Hoffman, 8, became a national sensation when he ran for a 69-yard touchdown during the Cornhuskers' spring scrimmage in April.
Hoffman's tumor has shrunk after more than a year of chemotherapy treatments, his family learned Wednesday.
"We're so incredibly thankful that the chemo seems to have done its job, and the tumor is stable. Hopefully it's knocked out for good," Jack's father Andy Hoffman told the Omaha World-Herald.
Jack will have have additional MRIs every three month, but Andy Hoffman told the newspaper his son's prognosis is "the best possible scenario"
Remission is for a child with an inoperable brain tumor, Hoffman said, but doctors say most pediatric patients need additional treatment.
Jack will receive an MRI every three months for one year to monitor his tumor, then twice a year if the scans are clean, and eventually once a year if there is no change.
Doctors will remove his chemo port, a device that provides chemotherapy treatments, next week.
"He associates getting rid of that chemo port with getting his life back, his little boy life back," Andy Hoffman told the World-Herald.