Yuvraj being treated for cancer
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February 7, 2012, Tuesday
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YUVRAJ Singh is undergoing chemotherapy to treat a cancerous growth that may have been bothering him even while he produced his World Cup heroics last year.
The growth in his chest was originally thought to be benign, but has recently been diagnosed as malignant, and he traveled to the United States on January 26 to seek treatment.
"It is a rare tumor and is cancerous, but it has been detected in stage-one," Singh's physiotherapist, Jatin Chaudhary, was quoted as saying yesterday.
"Doctors had to decide whether to continue medication or go for chemotherapy, but since parts of the tumor are just above the artery of his heart, there was a danger that while running it could burst. But it is 100 percent curable," he said.
Dr. Nitish Rohatgi, an oncologist in New Delhi's Max Hospital who has been co-ordinating with Singh's doctors in the US, said the cricketer had been responding well to treatment.
"His malignancy is curable and he has been responding well to chemotherapy that is being administered since the end of January. The chemotherapy will continue till the end of March and we are confident he will be cured," Rohatgi said.
The growth in his chest was originally thought to be benign, but has recently been diagnosed as malignant, and he traveled to the United States on January 26 to seek treatment.
"It is a rare tumor and is cancerous, but it has been detected in stage-one," Singh's physiotherapist, Jatin Chaudhary, was quoted as saying yesterday.
"Doctors had to decide whether to continue medication or go for chemotherapy, but since parts of the tumor are just above the artery of his heart, there was a danger that while running it could burst. But it is 100 percent curable," he said.
Dr. Nitish Rohatgi, an oncologist in New Delhi's Max Hospital who has been co-ordinating with Singh's doctors in the US, said the cricketer had been responding well to treatment.
"His malignancy is curable and he has been responding well to chemotherapy that is being administered since the end of January. The chemotherapy will continue till the end of March and we are confident he will be cured," Rohatgi said.
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