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As he, his wife Melissa and his doctors figured out his treatment plan, he was relieved to learn that the cancer had not spread to his bone marrow.

And if you paid attention to his chats, this election's outcome may not have shocked you quite as much even as it may frighten you to the marrow.

Angela's daughter Johanna had been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia, a type of cancer which affects the white blood cells and bone marrow, at just 16 years old.

“As doctors, particularly at a time we were trying to understand her bone marrow tests, it meant we had an explanation and knew what to do about it,” said Dr Kivuva.

The cause of Isabella's death had been given as "bone marrow embolism caused by skeletal trauma", jurors were told.