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Dr Jetske Ruiterkamp said: "Because this is considered to be an incurable disease, the majority only receive palliative treatment.
She said: "I knew if the cancer had come back then all I would be offered this time was palliative treatment.
If he responds well to the course of palliative treatment which he has now started, his life expectancy may be in years," it said.
 
 
 
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