The cancer that ended former Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s hopes of continuing in the job appears to have returned.
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“Councillor Ford will be undergoing additional treatments to address this new tumour”.
Speaking with reporters outside Mount Sinai Hospital on Thursday, Ford said he is now awaiting biopsy results that will determine whether that tumour is in fact malignant but is bracing for the worst. “I have to start all over again; I have to start this whole process over again”.
Ford finished several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation in February.
But he admitted he may have to go through five rounds of chemotherapy.
The Ward 2 councillor, however, added that he won’t rule out seeking treatment in the US should efforts to shrink and remove the tumour not prove successful.
Ford, 46, was diagnosed with malignant liposarcoma in September 2014, which arises in soft tissue structures and makes up about one per cent of cancers.
Ford’s brother Doug said the former mayor will start the chemotherapy early next week after more tests and that the family has also considered surgery.
Ford says he was completely caught off guard by the news and was near tears a few times.
“I’m optimistic but I’m a realist too”. “Rob’s going to keep fighting and just pray everything works out”.
Doctors said in May they saw no sign of other tumours or cancer spread, Ford’s executive assistant Dan Jacobs said at the time. “I worked so hard to get to this point, I was getting in better shape, I was feeling great, I feel better than I ever had in my life”, Ford said.
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Rob Ford’s return to hospital comes a day after the announcement that he is being treated for a new tumour.
