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I got cancer three times after age 60 and still beat it

Florence Ojode was first diagnosed in 2007

In a span of six years, Florence Ojode, now 73, has fought two different cancers three times. She shares her story with My Health.

I was first diagnosed with cancer aged 60 in 2007. The diagnosis, which came exactly a month after my younger sister’s death from breast cancer, was a painful blow. My sister had died at age 54 in June; I got my diagnosis in July.

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