Saints owner Benson has cancer surgery
Posted on: Wednesday, 17 December 2008, 09:47 CST
Tom Benson, the 81-year-old owner of the New Orleans Saints, was recovering from cancer surgery Wednesday, team officials said.
Surgeons at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans removed a cancerous mass from Benson's left kidney Dec. 10 and released him from the hospital Sunday night.
We anticipate a full and complete recovery, and he will not need any radiation or chemotherapy,
Benson's physician, Dr. John Amoss, told the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Amoss said the 3-centimeter mass was found during a CT scan and diagnosed as early-stage renal cell cancer. The disease had not spread.
Benson will undergo regular monitoring.
Source: United Press International
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