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A four-year-old girl who underwent routine x-rays after falling off her scooter was found to have cancer. Darcey Chandler, from Canterbury, was taken to a minor injuries unit with pain in her arm after tumbling onto the pavement. But the visit would turn into every parent’s worst nightmare as it signalled the start of the youngster’s battle with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Recalling the accident in June 2020, Darcey’s dad, Graham, said: “It did not seem a serious incident at the time. In fact, my initial response was to simply say to her ‘up you get, you’ll be OK’. But by the following day …

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