Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) “has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer,” the Hartford Courant reports.
"It’s something that’s very common among men my age,” said Dodd, who is 65 and the father of two young daughters. "In fact, one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during their life.” Dodd, a Democrat who is up for re-election in November 2010, said he feels fine. "As you have probably noticed, I’m working some long and hard hours lately,” he said. "And that will continue."
He is “scheduled to undergo surgery during the Senate’s August recess and said he expects to be back at work after a ‘brief recuperation’ at home.”
He has been taking over chairmanship duties on the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee in Senator Ted Kennedy’s (D-MA) absence, who himself is fighting brain cancer.
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