Charlie Bumb beating breast cancer in the 1970s

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By Brian Freiberger brian@leelanaunews.com A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about one in 1,000, according to U.S Breast Cancer Statistics. In 1979, Leelanau resident Charlie Bumb, 85, discovered a lump under his nipple while showering. After saying something to his wife, Nora, her judgment led him to seeing a doctor. “I went to this doctor who had done hundreds of mastectomies and I…

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