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Cancer patients get outfitted with special Stormtroopers helmet

Hannah Heimos paints a personalized stormtrooper mask for a pediatric proton therapy patient.

8-year-old Evan has to wear a mask as he undergoes proton beam therapy to fight his brain tumor – so the staff at St. Louis Children’s Hospital surprised him with his very own Stormtroopers helmet “to help empower” him during treatment.