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Mouth cancer op for Kenny Richey  

Jump to full article: The Scotsman, 2008-04-17
Author: GARETH ROSE

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JUST months after being freed from death row, Kenny Richey has been delivered a new blow with the confirmation he has cancer.

The 43-year-old chain smoker broke down in tears when doctors told him a lump in his mouth was malignant.

Although, his chances will depend on the extent to which the cancer has developed and embedded itself -- and Richey has admitted he tried to ignore it while in jail in the US --survival rates for mouth cancer are not good.

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