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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Ella Pickover

Plea for brain tumour research funding as PM to meet with Archie Goodburn

Archie Goodburn swimming during the men’s 50m breaststroke final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Prime Minister’s meeting with Scottish swimmer Archie Goodburn is a “pivotal opportunity to change prospects for brain tumour patients”, leading experts have said.

Goodburn, who was diagnosed with brain cancer when he was 22, made an emotional plea to Andy Burnham for more action on brain tumours earlier this year.

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