Texas Boy Cancer-Free Six Months After Liver Transplant Following 8% Survival Odds

A 10-year-old Texas boy received a full liver transplant on January 11, 2026, after an eight-month course of chemotherapy and surgery for a rare liver cancer diagnosed the previous November that featured a 20-centimeter tumor along with multiple smaller growths throughout the organ.

Fitz Davis was declared cancer-free six months later. He rang the bell signaling the end of treatment on June 24, 2026, and marked his 10th birthday with a party attended by online followers who had tracked his progress.

Dr. Valeria Smith, a pediatric oncologist at Texas Children's Hospital, said liver tumors require multimodal treatment and that a transplant became necessary because cancer had overtaken too much of the liver. "Fitz has done incredibly well, and we're going to continue to remain hopeful that he continues to be cancer-free forever," she said.

Davis stated he was not scared after the diagnosis and began making positive videos to offer hope to others.

His mother, Rachel Goodlad, said he had been given an 8 percent survival chance at the outset. Goodlad added that Davis's father, Nathan Davis, had received a separate cancer diagnosis more than two years earlier. Davis's videos, shared on Goodlad's Instagram account, drew hundreds to thousands of letters from around the world.

He said he plans to keep making videos, build an app to help people solve daily challenges, join sports and defeat negativity.