Sen. Mazie Hirono diagnosed with kidney cancer according to : garden island

"After a series of follow up tests, I have been diagnosed with kidney cancer that is also present in my seventh rib."Hirono's treatment is being overseen by a preeminent kidney cancer specialist at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. WASHINGTON, D.C.— Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), a figurehead of Hawaii politics for over 30 years, has been diagnosed with cancer, according to her office Tuesday. Hirono will undergo a procedure on her kidney tomorrow and in the next few weeks, she will be treated as an outpatient and receive a Cyberknife procedure, according to her office. "He has designed a comprehensive treatment plan – including surgery to remove my right kidney and an innovative, non-invasive, outpatient procedure called Cyberknife to eradicate the lesion on my rib," she said. "During a routine pre-operative physical for my eye surgery, my doctor discovered an abnormality on my chest x-ray," she said in a statement.




Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, announced Tuesday she has kidney cancer, but will continue to work following treatment for the disease. Hirono said her doctor discovered cancer in her seventh rib and kidney as part of a pre-operative physical before eye surgery. We're with her every step of the way," Schumer said. "Mazie is a great senator & she's approaching this new challenge w/ her usual steadfast determination. The first-term senator will undergo treatment at the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Sen. Mazie Hirono to undergo treatment for kidney cancer

Thank you everyone for the well wishes!" – Sen. Mazie Hirono's staff via TwitterSen. Mazie Hirono announced Tuesday morning that she plans to undergo treatment for Kidney cancer. After a series of tests, the Hawaii senator was diagnosed with kidney cancer, which is also present in her seventh rib. She said, "My treatment is being overseen by one of the preeminent kidney cancer specialists in the country at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. "For men, whites and people of Japanese heritage tend to get kidney cancer more commonly than other groups, and for women, Native Hawaiians, people from Japanese heritage, and whites tend to get kidney cancer more often than others."Kidney cancer can be silent, but symptoms could include persistent back pain and blood in your urine. Holcombe says kidney cancer is not the most common cancer in Hawaii.


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