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Woman, 26, who survived cancer as a child is now a nurse at the hospital that saved her life
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Former cancer patient now a doctor at the hospital that helped her survive
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Charlie Gard parents hold private talks about his end of life care
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Terminally ill British baby Charlie Gard granted US 'legal permanent residency'
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New gene-therapy cancer treatment 'wipes out' dying girl's leukaemia
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Little girl saves her baby sister's life by donating her bone marrow
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New York man survived stage 2 breast cancer
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Stem cell donor met with toddler whose life he saved
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Terminal cancer patient's tumour shrank to almost nothing after life-saving stem cell treatment
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