wiegie Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Edwards Will Continue Presidential Run Mar 22 11:42 AM US/Eastern By MIKE BAKER Associated Press Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - John Edwards said Thursday his wife's cancer has returned, but said he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. "The campaign goes on. The campaign goes on strongly," Edwards told reporters, his wife by his side. Edwards, 53, canceled a Tuesday evening house party in Iowa to go with his wife to a doctor's appointment, which his campaign described as a follow-up to a routine test she had Monday. Mrs. Edwards, 57, was first diagnosed with cancer in the final weeks of the 2004 campaign. The day after Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and Edwards, his running mate, conceded the election to George W. Bush, Edwards announced that his wife had invasive ductal cancer, the most common type of breast cancer, and would undergo treatment. Mrs. Edwards underwent several months of radiation and chemotherapy for the lump in her breast. Her husband's campaign has said she had recovered from the illness. "I don't look sickly, I don't feel sickly. I am as ready as any person can be for that," she said at the news conference. John Edwards said a biopsy of her rib had showed that the cancer had returned. The bone is one of the most common places where breast cancer spreads, and once it does so it is not considered curable. But how long women survive depends on how widespread the cancer is in the bone, and many can survive for years. The longer it takes for cancer to spread after the initial tumor, the better the prognosis. She was diagnosed in 2004. Chemotherapy and radiation are standard treatments, along with use of drugs that specifically target the bones called bisphosphonates. Other treatments include hormone therapy if the cancer is responsive to estrogen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I saw this today as well. But the story I saw said that he was suspending his campaign at the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDFFFreak Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Just brutal. My thoughts go out to the Edwards family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 In a horribly terrible coincidence, about one minute after I posted this message a very good student of mine just came to my office door to ask if it might be possible for him to take an incomplete in my class because he just learned that his mom's cancer had returned and she would need immediate treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecerwin Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I saw this today as well. But the story I saw said that he was suspending his campaign at the least. A blogger got it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 She dies some time about two months before the election and women everywhere vote him into the White House on the "sympathy vote" and with the hope that he might turn his nice head of hair and dreamy smile towards them in his grief-stricken state. How's that for cynical? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Well, I am glad to see his politcical future is more important to him than his wifes health. Way to go John, typical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 She dies some time about two months before the election and women everywhere vote him into the White House on the "sympathy vote" and with the hope that he might turn his nice head of hair and dreamy smile towards them in his grief-stricken state. How's that for cynical? They already made that movie, but Annette Benning didn't get naked. Dammit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 They already made that movie, but Annette Benning didn't get naked. Dammit. Yea, all she ever did was get stuck on Dupont Circle. But she did take her pants off once, didn't she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Just brutal. My thoughts go out to the Edwards family. Awful news. The fact that her cancer popped up only two years after aggressive treatment for the initial tumor is not a good sign. In a horribly terrible coincidence, about one minute after I posted this message a very good student of mine just came to my office door to ask if it might be possible for him to take an incomplete in my class because he just learned that his mom's cancer had returned and she would need immediate treatment. Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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