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Fighting Cancer

Clayton Treska undergoing chemotherapy

A local Marine is undergoing a third round of chemotherapy, but he is not giving up his goal of finishing a triathlon.

"He has a disorder that with traditional chemotherapy is not curable," says doctor Peter Curtin from UCSD.

Clay Treska is undergoing some of the most aggressive and intense cancer treatment around, but he is continuing to train for a 2010 Ironman from his hospital room.

Doctors at UCSD's Moore Cancer Center used chemotherapy to destroy Treska's bone marrow and then later transplanted his own healthy stem cells so the marrow could recover.

The chemo essentially destroyed Treska's immune system to kill the cancer leaving him with painful sores in his mouth and a compromised immune system. 

Treska's friends -- now known as Team Treska -- are helping the Marine train for the triathlon and have now committed to finishing it with him. But first Treska has to undergo another round of the chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant before taking on the triathalon.



His doctor says the next round of treatment will be even more intense, but Treska's chances of survival are good.

Follow Clayton's progress at the Team Treska Facebook page.

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