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Sen. John Kerry to Undergo Prostate Surgery Tue February 11, 2003 04:28 PM ET By John Whitesides reuters.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry will undergo prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday, but aides said the disease should not threaten his campaign. Kerry, 59, a three-term senator from Massachusetts, will undergo surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for removal of his prostate after the localized cancer was discovered during an examination in December. Dr. Patrick Walsh, chief urologist at the hospital, will perform the operation. He said Kerry should experience a "complete and rapid recovery" with no impact on his long-term health. "I have every reason to believe as soon as he is rested and healed, Sen. Kerry will be back at work and putting this matter completely behind him," Walsh said in a statement. Kerry is one of six declared Democratic candidates who are fighting for the party's nomination to challenge President Bush in 2004. Walsh said the disease was spotted early and described it as a localized cancer of the prostate. Aides said it should require only a short halt in campaigning. "We expect this will be a brief and temporary interruption in the campaign," said Robert Gibbs, a Kerry spokesman. "Based on the medical prognosis, he should be back on the campaign trail soon." The American Cancer Society estimates that 220,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in 2003. While one in six men are diagnosed with the disease, only one man in 30 will die from it. Recovery from early stage, localized prostate cancer is common and can be rapid. EARLY DETECTION, GOOD CHANCE OF RECOVERY "Something that is found this early would not sideline him for all that long," said Jamie Bearse, a spokesman for the National Prostate Cancer Coalition. Kerry was at high risk for the disease because his father died of prostate cancer in 2000 at age 85 and he is a Vietnam veteran. Vietnam veterans suffer from the disease at higher rates than the general population. Doctors discovered an elevated PSA level in a test of blood taken from Kerry in December and a biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. according to a timeline released by Kerry's campaign, Walsh recommended to the senator on Jan. 7 that he wait six to eight weeks for surgery while he recovered from the biopsy. The Boston Globe reported on Tuesday that during a recent interview, Kerry consumed a protein solution he said his wife wanted him to drink because she felt he was excessively thin. The Globe said that when Kerry was asked directly 10 days ago if he had a medical problem, the senator answered: "Why? Do I look bad?" When the question was repeated, Kerry said no, the Globe said. Kerry is the second Democratic presidential candidate whose campaign has been halted by surgery. Florida Sen. Bob Graham planned to launch his campaign last week but had to delay the move after undergoing heart surgery on Jan. 31. He plans to file papers in the next few weeks launching a presidential campaign committee. * * *