Cancerous tumour successfully removed from Rob Ford’s abdomen
Posted May 11, 2015 3:27 pm.
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TORONTO (NEWS1130) – Rob Ford’s chief of staff says doctors have removed the main mass of a cancerous tumour in the former Toronto mayor’s abdomen.
Ford, now a city councillor, had previously described the procedure as a “very serious operation,” saying it could put him out of commission for as long as four months.
The surgery comes after several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation which Ford said shrank his tumour to an operable size.
The controversial politician was forced out of his mayoral re-election bid last September when doctors discovered his rare, aggressive malignant liposarcoma.
He ran successfully for council instead.
The type of cancer Ford has _ only about one per cent of cancers are similar _ arises from fat cells and can attack a variety of soft tissue in the body.