A dad's colon cancer spread to lungs. He says what happened next was a miracle.
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A 30-year-old dad says his lung cancer recovery was miraculous after colon cancer spread.
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Spencer Laird, initially diagnosed with colon cancer at age 26, learned at 30 that the cancer had returned and metastasized to his lungs. One of the lung tumors measured the size of a golf ball. Laird describes his subsequent recovery as miraculous, though the article does not detail the specific treatment or outcome that led to this characterization.
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