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Jerry Remy wants others to learn from his latest cancer scare

Related Topics: Jerry Remy, Cancer, Lung cancer

Jerry Remy's quite confident he's going to win his latest bout with lung cancer.

What he truly wants to get out of it, however, is that when people hear why he revealed on Monday that he has lung cancer, they will listen to his tale and take action.

Go see your doctor – whether or not you feel sick.

“It's so critical in my mind to get regular checkups because there's nothing that can compare to getting an early diagnosis on cancer,” said Remy, 64. “If you get it early, you've got a good chance – if you don't, you don't have a good chance.