Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer. 1 year survival rate is 20% 5 year is 7%
The operation, first reported on Twitter by KLAS-TV journalist George Knapp and confirmed by a source close to the powerful Democratic former lawmaker, took place Monday morning at Johns Hopkins Cancer Center.
“His doctors caught the problem early during a routine screening and his surgeons are confident that the surgery was a success and that the prognosis for his recovery is good,” said a statement from the family disseminated by his former deputy chief of staff, Adam Jentleson. “He is now out of surgery, in good spirits and resting with his family.”
The family said his next step will be chemotherapy.
https://thenevadaindependent.com/ar...-reid-undergoes-surgery-for-pancreatic-cancer
The operation, first reported on Twitter by KLAS-TV journalist George Knapp and confirmed by a source close to the powerful Democratic former lawmaker, took place Monday morning at Johns Hopkins Cancer Center.
“His doctors caught the problem early during a routine screening and his surgeons are confident that the surgery was a success and that the prognosis for his recovery is good,” said a statement from the family disseminated by his former deputy chief of staff, Adam Jentleson. “He is now out of surgery, in good spirits and resting with his family.”
The family said his next step will be chemotherapy.
https://thenevadaindependent.com/ar...-reid-undergoes-surgery-for-pancreatic-cancer
