Teen's 'Good Cancer' Dies

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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Cwmbran teen told she had 'good cancer' died from treatment

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Teen told she had 'good cancer' to have - but she died aged 18 because of side effects.

Her mum Donna Dunn said there were “huge holes” in support for blood cancers in Wales .

Consultant haematologist said the workforce was “overstretched and understaffed” Dr Ceri Bygrave highlighted crumbling NHS infrastructure’ and woeful IT systems.

Welsh government said cancer was one of NHS ' top planning priorities and a 2 m national programme was tackling waiting times.

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