'I have a fighting chance.' Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, long-time civil rights leader, says he has stage IV pancreatic cancer, vows to stay in office while battling the disease.
FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Lewis announced Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, that he has stage IV pancreatic cancer, vowing he will stay in office and fight the disease with the tenacity which he fought racial discrimination and other inequalities since the civil rights era.
The 79-year-old Democrat said subsequent tests confirmed the diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer. Lewis added that he decided he will return to the nation’s capital in coming days to continue his work and begin his treatment plan. He said medical treatment will be ongoing over the next several weeks but he did not elaborate on the specifics of the treatment or the cancer itself.
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