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| Tests show Snow's cancer has returned
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Presidential spokesman Tony Snow's surgery to remove a small growth showed that his cancer has returned and spread to his liver, the White House said Tuesday.
President Bush, making a brief statement to reporters in the Rose Garden, struck an optimistic tone that echoed how aides said Snow was feeling. Bush said he looked forward to the day when Snow returns to the White House.
"His attitide is one that he is not going to let this whip him," Bush said. "My attitude is that we need to pray for him."
Snow, 51, had his entire colon removed in 2005 and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer. A small growth was discovered last year in his lower right pelvic area, and after months of monitoring, tests now show that it has grown slightly. It was removed Monday.
Doctors determined that it was cancerous, and found during the surgery, which was exploratory, that his cancer had metastasized, or spread, to his liver, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
She said Snow is comfortable and feeling fine after his surgery and has pledged to aggressively fight the disease with an as-yet-to-be-determined chemotherapy treatment course. He will be in the hospital recovering from the surgery, a major procedure, for about a week.
"He said he's going to beat it again," Perino said in an emotional morning briefing with White House reporters. "When I talked to him, he was in very good spirits."
Snow spoke with President Bush early Tuesday to deliver the news.
"It is hard news for us," Perino said. "President and Mrs. Bush and the whole White House team has him in our prayers."
| Tests show Snow's cancer has returned - Yahoo! News
More sad news due to this cruel disease. My thoughts are with Snow and his family - I lost my father to a similar strand of this disease and my heart goes out to them. I heard he had young children. I really hope that he can fight it and come out the other side. |
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