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Andrew MacNamara from Tingley with his wife Janet. Photo: Jonatghan Gawthorpe
His wife Janet, 64, continually urged him to have the check and Mr McNamara finally went for the lung screening - in a mobile unit outside Asda in Middleton - at the end of January 2020.
He had a special type of X-ray called a screening CT scan and a lung function test.
Mr MacNamara s left kidney was enlarged and the lung screening picked it up.
Blood tests also revealed he was suffering from previously undiagnosed diabetes.
He had a scan on his kidney on March 20 and a week later was told it was likely that he had kidney cancer and his left kidney would have to be removed.
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