A teenager with a "highly curable" type of cancer is being forced to receive chemotherapy after a judge ruled that she does not possess the ability to make her own decisions with repsect to her treatment options, according to NBC News.

Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers found that Cassandra C. is not deemed mature enough to make her own medical decisions. Cassandra, meanwhile, has reportedly referred to chemotherapy as "poison."

Doctors reportedly have said that Cassandra C's odds of beating her illness are currently between 80 to 85 percent if she receives chemotherapy. On the other hand, they also contend that without chemotherapy, Cassandra would lose her fight against cancer and fall victim to it.

Cassandra's last name is not currently known because that information was not contained in legal records. In such documents, the patient was only referred to as Cassandra C.

In an interview with NBC News, Jackie Forton, Cassandra's mother, had this to say:

"She has always, even years ago, said that if ever she had cancer, she would not put poison into her body."

Cassandra, at one point, ran away from home in order to avoid receiving chemotheraphy. Since then, she has been taken into custody by child welfare services.

If Cassandra were 18 years of age, should would be legally permitted to make such decisions on her own. However, her status as a minor prevents her from doing so right now.

In the interim, this legal battle has spilled over into the court system. Cassandra will receive treatment at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, CT, and will temporarily be in the custody of child-welfare workers. Here, she will undergo a full round of chemotherapy in order to treat her affliction; Hodgkin's Lymphoma.