Christina Lagogiannis , 12 , was diagnosed with osteosarcoma , a rare bone cancer , in January 2014 . The family of a 12-year-old girl who has undergone eight surgeries in the last 12 months to treat an aggressive bone cancer has raised over $ 100,000 to help get her to Germany for life changing treatment . Christina Lagogiannis , from East Bentley in Melbourne , was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in January of last year . She endured more than six months of chemotherapy and a string of operations before being told that her cancer has progressed to stage four . 'The worst part is when your own child comes up to you and says : `` am I going to die , mum ? `` , ' Christina 's mother , Nayree Lagogiannis , told Daily Mail Australia . 'She had already Googled everything , let me tell you , but I said `` I will promise you that I will do everything in my power to help you get better and I will not let you die '' . ' Mrs Lagogiannis watched as her daughter took on a full knee and femur replacement , further surgery on her knee due to infection , a biopsy and then keyhole surgery on her right lung followed by three more open surgeries on her lungs to remove a number of lesions . Scroll down for video . Christina spent six months receiving chemotherapy and has undergone eight surgeries since her diagnosis . 'The worst part is when your own child comes up to you and says : `` am I going to die , mum ? `` , ' Christina 's mother , Nayree Lagogiannis ( right ) , said . The 40-year-old mother-of-three said she was furious at the lack of options provided by the Australian healthcare system for her daughter 's ongoing treatment -- comprising more chemotherapy and more surgeries . 'They are offering her chemotherapy with no percentage rate of remission or survival , ' Mrs Lagogiannis said . ' I 'm not going to let them guinea pig her . I do n't need that . She 's not going to have any more of that poison running through her veins . 'Each time they go in they have to take out a piece of her lung , and then there 's only so much of the lung they can remove and that 's when they will put her on palliative care . I 'm not going to let that be the last alternative . Mrs Lagogiannis watched as her daughter took on a full knee and femur replacement , further surgery on her knee due to infection , a biopsy and then keyhole surgery on her right lung followed by three more open surgeries on her lungs to remove a number of lesions . Christina 's mother said she was furious at the lack of options in the Australian healthcare system for her daughter . Christina will be treated at the Medical Centre in Cologne in Germany where she will receive hypothermia and dendritic cell vaccinations - both of which are unavailable in Australia . ' I am very frustrated . There is so much funding for things like breast cancer , but the smaller cancers and less common things that have also been around for many , many years - the treatment has n't changed for more than 30 years . ' It was her promise to her daughter that led Mrs Lagogiannis to research treatment options available in Germany . She came across the Medical Centre in Cologne which offers hypothermia and dendritic cell vaccinations , both of which are not available in Australia , and promises a '95 per cent chance that she would either go into full remission or 50 per cent remission , ' Mrs Lagogiannis said . Christina 's family said they have been left completely overwhelmed by all the support they have received from their community which has led them to raise $ 100,000 . Christina ( pictured with her little sister and older brother ) will travel to Germany with her family this week , where she will receive the $ 80,000 treatment over the next eight weeks . After raising over $ 100,000 through their My Cause page and by running a number of local fundraisers , Christina has been given the opportunity to travel to Germany with her family where she will receive the $ 80,000 treatment over the next eight weeks . Christina 's family said they have been left completely overwhelmed by all the support they have received from their community . 'She 's one tough cookie let me tell you and she makes everyone else around her stronger too because of her strength , ' Mrs Lagogiannis said of her brave daughter . 'She 's full steam ahead , saying `` I just want to be healthy and live my life '' . That 's all we want . '
Christina Lagogiannis was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in January last year and has undergone six months of chemotherapy and surgery . Through local fundraisers and an online charity page , her family has raised 80,000 to get her to Germany . The 12-year-old will now receive the potentially life changing treatment which is not available in Australia .