U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg has stomach cancer

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., has been diagnosed with stomach cancer, according to a statement from his office.

"After several days of hospitalization and testing, Sen. Lautenberg’s doctors have diagnosed that he has a B-Cell Lymphoma of the stomach," the statements says. "This is a curable tumor, and will require treatment over the next few months."

Lautenberg is under the care of Drs. James F. Holland and Martin Goldman of Mount Sinai Medical Center. Holland says in a statement he expects Lautemberg to make a full recovery.

"The senator will be treated with chemotherapy administered approximately every three weeks. We anticipate that he will receive between six and eight treatments, and in between treatments, the senator is expected to be back at work in the Senate," he says.

Lautenberg was re-elected in 1988 and 1994, according to his Web site. After a brief retirement, he won a fourth term in 2002 and was re-elected to his fifth in 2008.

Source: Express Times