2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she was treated for breast cancer this year and it 'went well'
In a post on Medium, the Minnesota Democrat said doctors discovered"white spots called calcifications during a routine mammogram" in February, leading to her having a biopsy done at Piper Breast Center in Minneapolis and learning that she had Stage 1A breast cancer. Klobuchar said she later underwent surgery to remove the cancer and completed radiation treatment in May.In August, it was determined that the treatment went well, Klobuchar said.
In her post Thursday, Klobuchar thanked the medical staff, her friends and family for"their support" during the surgery and radiation, which she noted coincided with the death of her father, Jim Klobuchar, a longtime Minnesota newspaper columnist, in May.
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