Argentina leader undergoes cancer op
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January 5, 2012, Thursday
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ARGENTINA'S president underwent surgery yesterday to remove her cancerous thyroid gland.
Cristina Fernandez, 58, was found to have papillary thyroid carcinoma shortly after beginning her second four-year term as Argentina's leader. Preoperative tests suggested it had not spread beyond her thyroid, so should not require chemotherapy, doctors said.
Vice President Amado Boudou was put in charge before the operation and will remain constitutional leader for 20 days while Fernandez takes medical leave, the presidency said.
Early yesterday, Fernandez flew by helicopter from the presidential residence in Olivos to the Hospital Austral in suburban Pilar, north of the capital.
The operation was led by Dr Pedro Saco, a veteran Argentine oncologist who specializes in cancers of the head and neck.
Experts say thyroid removals are about as routine as cancer surgery can be.
Fernandez is the latest sitting South American leader to be diagnosed with cancer. Presidents Fernando Lugo of Paraguay, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Dilma Rousseff of Brazil all underwent treatment recently.
Supporters waited anxiously outside the hospital for word on the surgery's results, waving flags, carrying handmade signs that said "Be Strong Cristina" and building small shrines to the leader.
Cristina Fernandez, 58, was found to have papillary thyroid carcinoma shortly after beginning her second four-year term as Argentina's leader. Preoperative tests suggested it had not spread beyond her thyroid, so should not require chemotherapy, doctors said.
Vice President Amado Boudou was put in charge before the operation and will remain constitutional leader for 20 days while Fernandez takes medical leave, the presidency said.
Early yesterday, Fernandez flew by helicopter from the presidential residence in Olivos to the Hospital Austral in suburban Pilar, north of the capital.
The operation was led by Dr Pedro Saco, a veteran Argentine oncologist who specializes in cancers of the head and neck.
Experts say thyroid removals are about as routine as cancer surgery can be.
Fernandez is the latest sitting South American leader to be diagnosed with cancer. Presidents Fernando Lugo of Paraguay, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Dilma Rousseff of Brazil all underwent treatment recently.
Supporters waited anxiously outside the hospital for word on the surgery's results, waving flags, carrying handmade signs that said "Be Strong Cristina" and building small shrines to the leader.
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