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Cancer survivor Lucas grateful for second chance

04 February 2021 - 16:20

By promise marupeng AND Promise Marupeng

For cancer survivors like David Lucas, World Cancer Day is a reminder of a second chance in their lives. The day is marked on February 4 to raise awareness about the killer disease. Lucas, 63, from Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011. "I had stiff hands and body pains and went to the doctor thinking I had arthritis.

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