Cancer and the senator

Last week, when the lame-duck Congress was anything but lame, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden (D) decided to be proactive with his health.  During a late November physical, the Senator had been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer.  With this kind of notice, Wyden could decide on three options: watchful waiting (for low-grade tumors), radiation therapy (for outpatient procedures), and surgery (for a removal of the prostate itself).  He chose the latter and scheduled his surgery for Monday, December 20...

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