California Governor Jerry Brown Being Treated For Prostate Cancer
Localized prostate cancer means “the tumor is still contained within the prostate,” said Dr. Mark Litwin, chairman of the UCLA Department of Urology, who is not involved in Brown’s care. “Of course, that’s what you want because you can treat it much more effectively.”
It is the governor’s second bout with cancer. He underwent minor surgery in spring 2011 to remove a cancerous growth on his nose. He was put under local anesthetic and doctors removed basal cell carcinoma, a common, slow-growing form of skin cancer, from the right side of his nose…
[Urologist Ralph] De Vere White, who is not involved in Brown’s case, said given the governor’s otherwise excellent health, it’s an easy decision to do the radiation treatment.
“When you’re as healthy as the governor is, and you are looking out at 10 years, then you go for a treatment that is going to have in excess of a 97 percent cure rate,” he said. “It really should have very minimal side effects, should have minimal to no interference with his life, and kind of represents the reason why people advocate for finding this disease early.”
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