Conn. Girl Ordered to Undergo Chemotherapy in Remission, State Says

A Connecticut girl who appealed to stop chemotherapy for her cancer is in remission after undergoing several months of the treatment, the state announced over the weekend.

The 17-year-old girl, identified in court documents as "Cassandra C." due to her age, was ordered by a Connecticut court to under chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma after she and her mother fought for her not to receive the treatment.

While the teenager had stated that she did not want to receive treatment after going through chemotherapy twice, the state argued that refusing treatment would nearly guarantee death. Doctors affirmed that receiving treatment would grant her 85 percent likelihood of survival.

"We are very pleased with Cassandra's progress toward a complete recovery," Joette Katz, Commissioner of the state's Department of Children and Families (DCF), said in a statement over the weekend.

"We have had full confidence throughout that the medical professionals involved in her treatment would be successful in saving her life."

Previous to the court ruling ordering Cassandra to undergo chemotherapy, the girl's mother, Jackie Fortin, told CBS that she was "proud" of her daughter for standing up for her body and refusing the treatment.

"She does not want the toxins. She does not want people telling her what to do with her body and how to treat it," Fortin told "CBS This Morning" before the January ruling. "They are also killing her body. They are killing her organs. They're killing her insides."

"I'm proud of her. I am proud of her for standing up and fighting for what she wants and what she doesn't want," Fortin added.