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Indie guitarist is first in Europe to have groundbreaking robotic operation - Oncology Today

Sam Birchall, the lead guitarist in indie band The Lilacs, is the first person in Europe to have a lymph node removal operation for testicular cancer that has spread and go home the same day. Sam, who is from Wigan, was diagnosed last year when he was just 24. He had an operation at his local hospital to remove his testicle. Unfortunately, his scans revealed that the cancer had spread to some of his abdominal lymph nodes, so he had three cycles …
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Oncology News Today broke the news in on Monday, February 16, 2026.
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