California Gov. Jerry Brown, who was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, will begin a new round of treatment for the disease, his office said Saturday.
Brown, 78, will continue his duties as governor during the treatment, his staff said. The office did now say how long the treatment will take, or what prompted its timing.
"Fortunately this is not extensive disease, can be readily treated with a short course of radiotherapy, and there are not expected to be any significant side effects," Dr. Eric Small, a oncologist at the University of California, San Francisco, said in an emailed statement. "The prognosis for Gov. Brown is excellent."
After learning that he had prostate cancer in 2012, he underwent similar treatment for several weeks. The governor has also been treated for basal cell carcinoma _ a type of skin cancer _ twice in the past nine years. He had reconstructive surgery on the right side of his nose in 2011.
