A footnote in history, I guess:

Calif Gov. Brown being treated for prostate cancer

By JULIET WILLIAMS, Associated Press | December 12, 2012 | Updated: December 12, 2012 6:27pm








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In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, is Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. The 74-year-old governor is being treated with radiation for early stage prostate cancer, his office announced Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Brown's "prognosis is excellent, and there are not expected to be any significant side effects," University of California, San Francisco oncologist Eric Small said. Photo: Rich Pedroncelli / AP



SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated with radiation for early stage prostate cancer, his office announced Wednesday.
The 74-year-old Brown is receiving a short course of conventional radiotherapy for "localized prostate cancer," the statement said.
Brown's "prognosis is excellent, and there are not expected to be any significant side effects," University of California, San Francisco oncologist Eric Small said in the statement. Small is Brown's oncologist.
The radiation treatment will be completed the week of Jan. 7 — nearly four weeks from now — and Brown will continue to work a full schedule, the statement said.
Brown's spokesman Gil Duran declined further comment.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. More than 241,000 new cases are expected to be diagnosed in the United States this year. More than 90 percent are early stage, and nearly all men with such diagnoses survive at least five years.