From Global News.

After being diagnosed with an extremely rare form of abdominal cancer called leiomyosarcoma and being told he had 12-18 months to live, Alex Villalta defied bleak odds in what doctors are calling a “miracle."

After he underwent surgery and chemotherapy, things got more complicated when doctors discovered the cancer had spread to his liver.

That’s when oncologists decided to think outside the box and try a procedure called Y90 radioembolization; the first time it had been used to treat a sarcoma-type cancer.

Phil Carpenter reports.

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