Lanarkshire dad dies from cancer just weeks after diagnosis

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A Cumbernauld dad who went to the doctors complaining of a sore back has died of cancer just eight weeks after his diagnosis.

Malcolm MacKay had been feeling tired and suffering from breathlessness but put his symptoms down to his asthma. On June 17, he went to A&E with back pain, and an x-ray later found a 7cm tumour.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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He was sent for an x-ray on June 17 and that's when they discovered he had a tumour. I think he was in more pain than he was letting on."He'd also been complaining that he just never felt refreshed after sleeping and that he was getting out of breath easily, which was strange because he was quite fit and did a lot