Man's brain tumour funding plea to government
A man who underwent cancer treatment abroad after being told by the NHS that his condition was terminal has called on the government to increase funding for brain tumour research.
Mr Thompson, now 38, said he found the limited treatment options available to him in the UK "incredibly frustrating", but the Department for Health said it had invested £40m in researching new treatments. "What I have found incredibly frustrating in this whole journey is how limited treatments are in this country."Mr Thompson and his wife Sophia have three children aged between eight and 17
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