Ex-NI player McCann reveals skin cancer treatment
Doncaster Rovers boss Grant McCann reveals he was diagnosed with skin cancer last year but is "ok now".
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"If we want to talk about pressure then the pressure that came on me Christmas time last year when the doctor came to see me at the training ground to tell me I had a malignant melanoma, that's pressure."
— Grant McCann , Athlete
"Fortunately I am ok now but I could have had five to six weeks to live."
— Grant McCann , Athlete
"Fortunately here we're at a really good football club who understand that we're trying to improve all the time."
— Grant McCann , Athlete
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Doncaster Rovers boss Grant McCann reveals he was diagnosed with skin cancer last year but is "ok now".
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