article_snippet.sent: With no other options in the Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor or Detroit areas, " Ben is now on generalized chemotherapy, hoping generalized chemotherapy will force the cancer into remission so " Ben can undergo a bone marrow transplant.
article_snippet.sent: Two donors have been found that are a perfect match, if the cancer will respond.
article_snippet.sent: As the cancer goes on, they are saying the cancer's getting harder and harder to treat," " Ben says.
article_snippet.sent: The Offrinks would like help finding clinical trials to address the rare cancers The Offrinks are fighting, as well as access to cancer centers with more advanced techniques than are available in Michigan.
article_snippet.sent: we're going to get all of we information and would like to go to Harvard or Mayo (Clinic) or places where maybe they do have more experience, and act in a shorter time frame," Shelby says.
article_snippet.sent: If, right now, we can find two or three trials that maybe Shelby can get into, or a trial drug for me to try instead of the path I'm on right now, it could definitely benefit us," adds Ben.