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Daniel Keane

'Cancer ended my pro basketball career - now I want to inspire the next generation'

A former professional basketball player who is battling a rare, incurable form of cancer has urged sufferers “not to let the disease define you” on World Cancer Day.

Will Wise, 30, was diagnosed with a pheochromocytoma, a rare tumour of the adrenal gland, in November 28, 2022 after throwing up blood on his way to work in central London. He had not suffered any symptoms before he suddenly fell ill.

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