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David Brooks: Cancer diagnosis prompts messages of support

Young people who have experienced living with cancer have been sending words of encouragement to footballer David Brooks after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.

Wales and Bournemouth midfielder Brooks, 24, said his prognosis was good and he is starting treatment next week.

Eleri Reece-Jones, 22, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in February.

"The word cancer is massive and it changes your life the moment you hear it," she said.

The student from from Rhuallt, in Denbighshire, was diagnosed after finding a lump on her neck.

Ms Reece-Jones has had chemotherapy and is now on immunotherapy as she waits for a stem cell transplant.