eCancerAwareness.com » Prostate Cancer http://ecancerawareness.com Raising awareness about cancer and healthy living Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:29:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sen. Chris Dodd Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer http://ecancerawareness.com/cancer-news/sen-chris-dodd-has-prostate-cancer/ http://ecancerawareness.com/cancer-news/sen-chris-dodd-has-prostate-cancer/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:59:58 +0000 Admin http://ecancerawareness.com/?p=280 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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