These Indian politicians have beaten or succumbed to cancer
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Channel: ThePrint · 2018 · News & Politics
Correction: Akhilesh Singh retired from active politics following his diagnosis in 2017. Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar is currently under treatment for cancer, while media reports suggest a union minister, too, is battling the deadly disease that is estimated to affect seven lakh new patients in India every year. However, while hope is a struggle for most in the face of a cancer diagnosis, recent medical advances are helping millions beat the disease. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and former union minister Sharad Pawar, 77, was diagnosed with oral cancer over a decade and a half ago, with the doctor telling him that he didn’t have long to live. “After my first surgery, a doctor said, ‘you have life for six months’,” he told ThePrint Editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta on Walk The Talk, “But I fought it.” SUBSCRIBE to ThePrint : http://bit.ly/SubscribeToThePrint LIKE ThePrint on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia/ Follow ThePrint on Twitter : https://twitter.com/theprintindia Follow ThePrint on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia/
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