UK: Father-of-one, 38, recently diagnosed with cancer needs living donor

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15587211/Dying-father-38-denied-liver-transplant-tumour-0-4mm-big.html

Father-of-one, 38, recently diagnosed with cancer is denied liver transplant 'because his tumour is 4mm too big'
By EMMA GRITT

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Ms Kay has spoken of her 'utter fear' at the prospect of losing her husband, and is feeling the pressure or finding - and funding - a living liver donor after James' medical team told the couple that time was not on their side. 
She said: 'The cancer is so aggressive and James does not have time to wait. Unless we can get it done abroad, he won't survive.'
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