When Nick Clegg and his wife Miriam revealed that their son had been diagnosed with blood cancer, it shone a light on a disease that affects nearly a quarter of a million people in the UK.
Yet many know little about it — a lack of awareness which means patients can struggle to get diagnosed.
The couple’s eldest son, Antonio, was just 14 when, last September, he noticed a lump in his neck and chest. He saw a GP, who quickly realised that it could be something more serious.
