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Daniel Keane

'Fit and healthy' man, 84, died after surgery following wrong cancer diagnosis

A “fit and healthy” 84-year-old man died in a London hospital after being misdiagnosed with a rare form of cancer, according to a coroner.

Alan Soane died at the Royal London hospital on June 26 last year following complications from surgery to treat an incorrect diagnosis of duodenal cancer, which occurs in the small intestine.

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