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Fahad Tariq & Alex Croft & Alex Croft

Dad with ‘hundreds of tumours’ thought 'life was over' after rare diagnosis

A brave dad-of-two who had hundreds of liver tumours, eight liver operations and two heart surgeries thought his “life was over” when he was diagnosed with a rare cancer.

But after first visiting the GP in 2008 and being diagnosed with Neuroendocrine cancer in 2013 when he was 32, Craig Speirs is still fighting - and wants to raise £1million for those going through the same.

Neuroendocrine cancer is a rare form of cancer which starts in different parts of the body. Craig’s started in his rectum, before tumours also appeared in his liver.

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