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This week, a close friend lost his mother to cancer. Just last month a good friend returned to the country after nine months of intensive and intrusive cancer treatment, which almost destroyed him. I know at least four female friends who have recently undergone mastectomy to deal with breast cancer. These incidents have brought home the reality of the devastating disease that cancer has become.
That, and October being breast cancer month gave impetus to today’s piece. For Kenyans who have not interacted with the cancer monster, this month will most probably pass you without a thought on the shattering impact that a painless lump on the breast, or on some other part of the body can have on one’s entire life trajectory. For the uninformed, cancer refers to a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth in one part of the body which tend to spread to other parts of the body.
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