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Young boy and Sick Kids nurse heads back to school to answer classmates’ questions about cancer

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Seven-year-old cancer patient Jack Lynch (at left in the blue striped shirt) listens as nurse Karen Drybough gives a presentation to his class at Glad Park Elementary in Stouffville, Ont., Thursday September 20/2012. Drybough spoke to the class about cancer in general and how it is affecting Jack who is undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail

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Students listen as nurse Karen Drybough gives a presentation to a class at Glad Park Elementary in Stouffville, Ont., Thursday September 20/2012. Drybough spoke to the class about cancer in general and how it is affecting their classmate Jack Lynch who is undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail

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Meagan Lynch, shows students a photo of her son Jack after he lost his hair due to cancer treatments at Glad Park Elementary in Stouffville, Ont., Thursday September 20/2012. Seven-year-old Jack Lynch, seen bottom right, who is undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail

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Nurse Karen Drybough gives a presentation to seven-year-old cancer patient Jack Lynch's class at Glad Park Elementary in Stouffville, Ont., Thursday September 20/2012. Drybough spoke to the class about cancer in general and how it is affecting Jack who is undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail

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