By Anna Hodgekiss PUBLISHED: 06:02 EST, 25 October 2013 | UPDATED: 06:42 EST, 25 October 2013 A father-to-be has spoken of his desperate desire to meet his unborn daughter before he dies from cancer. Jared Noel is battling advanced bowel cancer that has spread to his liver and his lungs. The 32-year-old doctor, from Auckland, New Zealand, was diagnosed with the disease in 2008. Jared Noel (with wife, Hannah) is battling advanced bowel cancer that has spread to his liver and his lungs. The 32-year-old doctor, from New Zealand, was diagnosed with the disease in 2008. He is now desperately hoping to live long enough to meet his unborn daughter, due in January
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Jared Noel has advanced bowel cancer that has spread to his liver and lungs
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32-year-old doctor has already undergone 66 rounds of chemotherapy
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Knowing the disease wasn't curable, he and wife Hannah tried for a baby
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Their daughter, conceived after four rounds of IVF, is due on January 21
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But last week he was given just months to live due to the cancer spreading
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Now fears he won't meet his unborn child - and has decided to try life-prolonging drug Avastin to slow tumour growth
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Well-wishers have now donated £30,000 and he begins treatment next week
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