For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter A Bolton man who only found out that he had a rare type of cancer after suffering a freak gym injury has called for more funding into children's cancer research.
The injury, when Mahesh Vara was 21-years-old, led to his second Ewing sarcoma diagnosis in the space of 14 years. On the first occasion, Mahesh was diagnosed when he was eight, after his mum had become alarmed at a growth which appeared on his left thigh.
A family friend, who worked as a GP, advised that the tumour should be removed. Only after it was removed and tested, did the family discover it was a malignant tumour.
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