article_snippet.sent: Richard Curry, from Loveclough in Lancashire, was told A pensioner had malignant melanoma in A pensioner septum, the thin strip which separates the nostrils.
article_snippet.sent: A pensioner was warned that A pensioner would have to have A pensioner removed to stop a rare cancer from spreading but could be fitted with a prosthetic.
article_snippet.sent: but I didn't have much choice because this kind of cancer is one of the most dangerous you can get.
article_snippet.sent: A check-up last month found no signs of the cancer returning when his met with prosthetist Tony Simpson, maxillofacial surgeon Gary Cousin and ear, nose and throat specialist Paddy Morar.
article_snippet.sent: Paddy Morar said: 'Cancers of the nose are not that common at all, you probably only get one every three years or so, so this was a very unusual procedure.
article_snippet.sent: his couldn't have radiotherapy
article_snippet.sent: so radiotherapy had to be surgery
highlights_snippet.sent: Richard Curry, 71, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in Richard Curry septum .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Was told Richard Curry had to have Richard Curry nose removed to stop the spread of the cancer .
  