Frankford High baseball coach spreading awareness for men with breast cancer after beating the odds

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A year after his breast cancer battle went public during the Phillies' World Series drive, Juan Namnun's recovery is still underway. Now, the=e baseball coach is using his platform to spread awareness about men with breast cancer.

Beating the Odds: Frankford High baseball coach Juan Namnun is spreading awareness for men with breast cancer after beating the odds himself.And they'll be among those at Cooper River Park on Sunday, October 15 for the 25th annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

"They had to remove quite bit of extra muscle because they found two tumors instead of one in the same place," he said."I had to retrain to hold an umbrella, how to open a car door, how to open a refrigerator," he said. "People have started reaching out - 'Hey, I didn't know about this.' 'Thank you for giving this information', and I befriended some people, that I'm kind of giving them a voice," he said.That's about an 80% survival rate, compared to a 91% five-year survival rate for women.

 

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