Castro will not receive chemotherapy or radiation, but he will get monthly injections of...
Congressman Joaquin Castro, left, is shown with his brother Julián Castro. Rep. Castro, 48, revealed Monday that he had been diagnosed with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors.Rep Joaquin Castro underwent surgeryCastro, 48, D-San Antonio, revealed Monday that he was diagnosed with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors. Such tumors can arise throughout the body, from cells that release hormones, but most commonly occur in the lungs or gastrointestinal tract.
In Castro’s case, doctors detected what he described as mostly asymptomatic, slow-growing tumors last summer, after being taken to a hospital as a precaution following a car crash in Spain. It spread from his small intestine to his liver, and he underwent surgery Monday.
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