Healthy Living: Medicines can give a second chance at life

From: New Pittsburgh Courier | Date: August 18, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Healthy Living: Medicines can give a second chance at life

Larry Lucas

For Lance Armstrong, the 27-year-old Texan who won the grueling Tour de France bicycle tour last month, victory tasted especially sweet. A cancer survivor, Armstrong said that "winning this race is a miracle. Two years ago, I didn't know if I'd be alive, let alone be riding a bike in the Tour de France." Surgery, treatment with modern chemotherapy drugs, and sheer determination gave Armstrong something very precious: a second chance. When he reached the finish line in Paris, he gave this advice to the cheering crowd: "If ...

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