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Family shattered after schoolboy, 15, diagnosed with cancer just two weeks after his twin died from disease

By Anita Goswami
Published on : 23:59 PST, Dec 9, 2022
Family shattered after schoolboy, 15, diagnosed with cancer just two weeks after his twin died from disease
Jack Parton was diagnosed with blood cancer just two weeks after the funeral of his twin, Ben, who died from glioblastoma (braintumourresearch.org)

CANNOCK, ENGLAND: A 15-year-old boy received a shocking cancer diagnosis just two weeks after his twin died from the disease. When Jack Parton, 15, lost his brother Ben, doctors first believed he had PTSD. However, tests later showed he had leukaemia, a type of blood cancer.

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Parton's family, who were already grieving his brother's death, were shattered when they learned that he had blood malignancy leukemia. His mother, Julie, 54, told Daily Mail, "To be told my surviving son had leukaemia was devastating. Although I have to hold out hope that leukaemia is curable whereas Ben never had that chance."