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Cancer victim honoured

April 24, 2014 17:30

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Rosa Doherty,

Rosa Doherty

1 min read

A family has raised £300,000 for a new cancer unit named in memory of their son who died from the disease at the age of 19.

Rob's Day Unit was opened as part of a new £12 million Young Oncology Unit at The Christie hospital in Manchester.

Robert Broude was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer when he was only 17 years old.

He died in 2004 after a two-and-a-half-year battle against the disease.

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