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Iraq veteran dies of cancer after lung transplant from heavy smoker
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A tumour was found after the transplant, and its growth was accelerated by the drugs that Mr Millington took to prevent his body rejecting the organs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6870424.ece"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.timesonline.co.uk/img/7FF389BD-F8ED-44C1-951A-1709E72C36E4" alt="Lester Millington with a picture of his son Matthew Millington who died after having a lung transplant from a smoker, that led to him suffering with lung cancer." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6870424.ece"><P>Because he was a cancer patient, he was not allowed to receive a further pair of lungs, under hospital rules. 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