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Champion swimmer with rare brain cancer urges UK to do more to help people with condition
Archie Goodburn, a 24-year-old champion swimmer with a rare, inoperable brain cancer, is urging the UK government to do more to support people with the condition. He highlights that only one new drug has been developed in the past 20 years despite a breakthrough treatment allowing him to continue competing.
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