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Boy undergoes unusual cancer surgery

OHIO: A boy in Ohio had his leg backward after he had undergone an unusual leg surgery to beat cancer. Dugan Smith, 13 year old boy from Ohio is now able to play football, thanks to a unique procedure that turned his foot backwards. It wasn’t a medical mishap or a doctor error – it was a bridge to getting the boy cancer-free and allowing him to keep most of his leg. Dugan was 10 when he fell from a tree and fractured his femur. He was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer that's extremely rare in children, and Dugan’s parents had to make a difficult decision of having their son undergo a complicated leg surgery.