Rob Ford has cancer
At a press conference held this afternoon, Zane Cohen, the Mount Sinai doctor who has been overseeing Rob Ford’s care, gave reporters the sad news they’d been awaiting since the mayor’s tumour diagnosis last Wednesday. Ford, it turns out, does indeed have cancer. Specifically, he has what Cohen called a “pleomorphic liposarcoma,” a type of malignant tumour that arises out of fatty tissue. Cohen said it’s a rare type of cancer, and a “very difficult” one. The mayor is expected to start the first of at least two rounds of inpatient chemotherapy within the next 48 hours. Cohen said other measures, like surgery, may be considered later, depending upon how the tumour responds to the treatment. There’s no official prognosis, but Cohen said he and others at Mount Sinai are “optimistic.”
![](http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://torontolife.com/city/rob-ford-cancer/&title=Rob Ford has cancer&picture=https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/now-what-new-feat.jpg&description=[caption id="attachment_292065" align="alignleft" width="200"] (Image: Christopher Drost)[/caption]
At a press conference held this afternoon, Zane Cohen, the Mount Sinai doctor who has been overseeing Rob Ford’s care, gave reporters the sad news they'd been awaiting since the mayor's tumour diagnosis last Wednesday. Ford, it turns out, does indeed have cancer. Specifically, he has what Cohen called a "pleomorphic liposarcoma," a type of malignant tumour that arises out of fatty tissue. Cohen said it's a rare type of cancer, and a "very difficult" one. The mayor is expected to start the first of at least two rounds of inpatient chemotherapy within the next 48 hours. Cohen said other measures, like surgery, may be considered later, depending upon how the tumour responds to the treatment. There's no official prognosis, but Cohen said he and others at Mount Sinai are "optimistic."){kind=link}
Here is some background information on the treatment options, the causes of and the survival rates for liposarcoma:
http://viableopposition.blogspot.ca/2014/09/liposarcoma-primer.html
I wish him a speedy recovery. I’d also like to point out that the excellent health care he’s about to avail himself of, was and is paid for by taxpayers.
I wish him the best, but look at what he has done- nothing, zilch, nada.
Insensitive nature by Toronto Life to use the pic to depict Mayor Ford at this time. Put your anti-Ford crusade aside and show some compassions.
Rob Ford needs to put the elect aside for this term and work at getting better……this will be one of hardest fights he will ever take on…….
In response to concerns about the appropriateness of the image that was originally published alongside this post, I’ve swapped it out for another one.
Melodrama, melodrama all the time melodrama.