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(WASHINGTON) Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. announced Wednesday he has a "serious but curable" form of cancer and will enter outpatient treatment. “After several d
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. announced Wednesday he has a "serious but curable" form of cancer and will enter outpatient treatment. "After several days of tests, I have been diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, which is a serious but curable form of cancer. I am about to embark on a course of chemo-immunotherapy on an outpatient basis at Med Star Georgetown University Hospital and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Prognosis for most people in my situation is excellent after four months of treatment," he said in a statement. Raskin said he anticipates to continue working through the next four months but has been cautioned "to reduce unnecessary exposure to avoid COVID-19, the flu and other viruses." He also joked that while he anticipated hair loss and weight gain during his chemotherapy, he is hoping "for the kind that causes hair gain and weight loss." "With the benefit of early detection
In a statement to the people of Maryland's 8th District, Congressman Jamie Raskin announced that he was diagnosed with the aggressive Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has been one of the nation's strongest and most principled defenders of democracy and the Constitution, and he showed the same integrity while announcing his cancer diagnosis.