Castro won't have to undergo chemotherapy or radiation treatment following the surgery, his staff said. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Congress Texas
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro first learned that he might have cancer during a official trip to Spain last year, according to the report published in theU.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro underwent surgery Monday morning at M.D.Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to remove tumors in his small intestine, according to a statement from the San Antonio Democrat's office.
The surgery removed gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors, which doctors discovered last summer, Castro said in the statement. He described the tumors as"small, slow-growing, and mostly asymptomatic."."I expect to be home recovering in Texas for several weeks before returning to Washington to continue my work on behalf of the people of my hometown, San Antonio.". After the car carrying the congressman struck a wild boar, he want to the hospital.
Although cancer spread from his small intestine to the liver, the Democratic congressman's post-surgery treatment won't include chemotherapy or radiation, thealso reports. Instead, Castro will receive monthly Lanreotide shots to shrink the remaining tumors. The five-year survival rate for people with cancer in their gastrointestinal tract, in which cancer has not yet spread to other parts of the body, is 97%,
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