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Specter Says He Has Hodgkin's
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| Contributor | Bob |
| Last Edited | Bob Feb 16, 2005 07:22pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Wednesday, February 16, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., announced Wednesday that he has Hodgkin's disease but expects to continue to work in the Senate while being treated.
"I have beaten a brain tumor, bypass heart surgery and many tough political opponents and I'm going to beat this, too," Specter said in a statement.
Hodgkin's disease is a type of cancer involving the lymph nodes. Specter will receive chemotherapy every two weeks for up to 32 weeks at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, a release from his office said.
Specter's doctor, John H. Glick, said he has an "excellent chance of being completely cured."
Specter, a 75-year-old Pennsylvania moderate who just won re-election to his Senate seat, became Judiciary chairman in January.
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