relapsing

He had been clean for five months, before relapsing.

Blood cancers like leukaemia are notoriously difficult to treat in adults, with 50% of Australian patients relapsing after the first round of chemotherapy and subsequently becoming resistant to further treatments.

But just a few months later, a terrifying truth was clear to her parents — she was relapsing.

Mr O'Brien-Smith was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia when he was 18 months old, before relapsing after 10 months in remission.

She added court ordered collections exacerbate the issue, with 97% of their clients who had this imposed upon them relapsing.