[Zambia Reports] A few months ago I joined the ranks of the thousands of cancer patients in Zambia. A blood test showed traces of cancer with a biopsy conducted on my prostate gland and laboratory results coming out after a week confirming that I had prostate cancer which according to medical experts normally affects men aged fifty and above. There are also pointers to the effect that even though prostate cancer is more common among men of dark pigmentation, black people, it may also hereditary.
Talking Cancer – a Journalist’s Personal Account
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