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KENDI, IBRAM X., AWAKE, MIK |
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GQ: Gentlemen's Quarterly; May2021, Vol. 91 Issue 4, p62-69, 8p, 8 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph |
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After six months of chemo and then surgery for colon cancer, they found out that I also had thyroid cancer. - AS TOLD TO M. A. Carl-Henry Desravines Age: 56 Diagnosis: stage IV rectal cancer Current status: cancer-free Desravines says his Catholic faith helped him persevere. Features PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANA SCRUGGS Ibram X. Kendi Age: 38 Diagnosis: stage IV colon cancer Current status: cancer-free Kendi wants to highlight the rate at which colorectal cancer afflicts African American patients, who are 40 percent more likely to die of the disease than those of other races. But my partner, Sadiqa, is a physician, and when she noticed the extent of my symptoms during a post-Christmas vacation, she scheduled a doctor's appointment for as soon as we were home. [Extracted from the article] |
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Complementary Index |
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