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Ben Barry & Bradley Jolly

Dad told symptoms could be solved by 'breathing into a bag' - but it was a deadly disease

A father was misdiagnosed with anxiety and told to "breathe into a paper bag" - when he actually had brain cancer.

Keith Evans died aged just 27, five years following the correct diagnosis, despite being told he had just six months to live.

And throughout his cancer journey, the man raised tens of thousands of pounds for charity, while undergoing radiotherapy and life-long chemotherapy treatment.

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