Saturday, March 31, 2012
Venezuelan President Chavez returning to Cuba for "prostate"? cancer treatment.
Venezuelan President Chavez returning to Cuba for 'prostate' cancer treatment.(Yahoo).CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez says he's returning to Cuba for another round of cancer treatment. Chavez said Saturday during a televised speech to his supporters that he was travelling to Havana in the afternoon for a second round of radiation after recent surgery to extract a second cancerous tumour in his pelvic area. Chavez had another tumour removed from the same general area in June. The 57-year-old leftist president, in office since 1999, has vowed to overcome cancer to win another six-year term in the Oct. 7 election. Chavez has not identified the type of cancer, nor the precise location where the tumors were located. Symptoms when prostate cancer has spread are Bone pain or tenderness, most often in the lower back and pelvic bones.Read the full story here.
Labels:
Cuba,
Hugo Chavez,
Prostate cancer,
Venezuela
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