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May 9, 2003 / 10:46 AM

Farrakhan Foundation fights men's cancer

CHICAGO, May 9 (UPI) -- Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is creating a prostate cancer foundation bearing his name to mark his 70th birthday. Farrakhan was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1985 and in 1999 survived a long hospitalization for complications caused by radiation seed treatment.

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