Sen. Chris Dodd Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer
Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer six weeks ago. During Congressional recess he will have his prostate removed at New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering hospital and is expected to return to work within a couple weeks. “I’m very confident that we’re going to come out of this very well,” Mr. Dodd said.
The prostate cancer, the most common form of cancer in men, was detected early, in which case it’s often curable. Dodd, a strong supporter of the current health care reform bill withheld his announcement as he did not want to be used as an “exhibit.” He attributed the early detection to his yearly physical.
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It’s been shown that that the likelihood of prostate cancer recurrence after prostatectomy (surgical removal of the prostate gland) greatly depends on the surgeon’s skill in performing the surgery. A study of more than 7000 men, which have undergone a surgery for prostate cancer, showed that the probability of a recurrence at 5 years was 10.7 percent for men treated by surgeons who had performed at least 250 prior operations versus 17.9 for men treated by surgeons who had performed 10 or fewer operations. Hopefully the senator will be operated on by the most experienced surgeon available.
thank you for the news. Hope the senator will be ok.
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