Happily, the cancer drug Erbitux had a curative effect on him, as did the methods of Dr. Everett Nokes.

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Caroline Nokes, MP for Romsey and Southampton North, said "massive strides" had been made by the school but "more needs to be done".

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David Nokes has, of course, the same story to tell: he confronts the same lacunae and adopts, to some extent, a similar technique.

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