'I was diagnosed with a rare disease at just 23 after finding this suspicious symptom'

At the age of just 23, Daniel was faced with a waking nightmare. After finding a suspicious lump on his neck, he was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of cancer - having lost grandparents to cancer.

Daniel Anders-Holmes, 34, who grew up in Ashton-in-Makerfield, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2012 aged just 23. He had just finished training to be an events manager when he found a lump on his neck.

Daniel had four rounds of chemotherapy and two weeks of radiotherapy treatment. More than a decade on, he is now starring alongside his husband in a national campaign to raise awareness for Cancer Research UK.

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Daniel, who lost grandparents to cancer, made a good recovery and was given the all clear from cancer in 2013.

He said: “Being diagnosed with cancer when I was young was a huge shock. It did cross my mind that I could die, but mostly I just got my head down and concentrated on getting through the treatment. Adam was brilliant and came to help look after me.

"He was at university at the time and it’s not quite the experience we were expecting. But I am fortunate that the treatment was so effective, and I am here now to tell the tale and share my life with Adam.

Daniel continued: “There is life after cancer and that’s why I wanted to be part of this vitally important and upbeat fundraising campaign to help ensure that the life-saving progress in research can continue and more people like me can make more moments that matter.”

The former Cansfield High School pupil became director of his own home care agency in Cheshire and