See Sandy Hutchens Cancer Prevention posts below on prostate cancer.
General David Petraeus, leading U.S. military commander in the Middle East, is being treated for early-stage prostrate cancer. A statement to this effect was released by his office on Tuesday.
He was diagnosed in February and received two months of radiation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
“The treatment is assessed to have been successful,” said the statement, released by Erik O. Gunhus, spokesman for Petraeus who is 56 years old and the Commander of U.S. Central Command. He is in charges of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The general considers his illness to be a personal matter and is keeping as private as possible because it is not interfering with his duties.
President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen are aware of Petraeus’ condition, it added.
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