Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said in February he "successfully" underwent surgery to remove gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors, a type of cancer that forms in the GI tract.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the chair of the House Oversight Committee, announced in December that he had been diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma and would undergo chemotherapy.
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) announced Friday he has been diagnosed with a "serious but curable form of cancer."
Driving the news: In a statement, Kildee said he will have surgery to remove the cancer "in a few weeks," adding that "the prognosis after surgery and treatment is excellent."
Kildee, a co-chair of the Democrats' Steering and Policy Committee, said the surgery will result in his absence from the House, which has a narrow Republican majority, for several weeks afterwards.
What he's saying: “A few weeks ago, after consulting with my doctors, I scheduled what I thought was a preventive scan for a swollen lymph node. The results, it turns out, were more significant," Kildee said in the statement.
Doctors diagnosed Kildee with squamous cell carcinoma, he said.
Due to their co-morbitities, I highly recommend at least two additional doses of the wonder drug BioNtech. Word is it reduces severity and minimizes hospitalization.
I've heard it's safe and effective.