A young man has made a successful recovery after doctors told his family to say their goodbyes after he was struck down with an ultra-rare “one-in-six-million” cancer. Sam Parker, 23, of Clitheroe, England, needed to undergo a life-saving treatment after his nausea and headaches turned out to be paraganglioma in his kidney—a rare tumor usually diagnosed in people much older. Sam first felt unwell in February 2020 when he believed he was showing symptoms of dehydration after a routine run. However, CT scans at his local GP revealed he had paraganglioma in his kidney, a rare cancer most often diagnosed in people aged 30–50. Paraganglioma is a type of neuroendocrine tumor that forms near certain blood vessels. Sam said: “It was pretty daunting. There is a strong history of cancer in my mom’s side of the family but not this type of cancer and nothing in someone as young as me.” …