Harmon Killebrew, Baseball Hall of Fame, said he had cancer of the esophagus is "perhaps the toughest fight of my life."
The 74-year-old gave a statement to his former club, the Minnesota Twins on Thursday and said he expected back to full health from "very serious ".
Killebrew hit 573 home runs and had 11 All-Star appearances spent during his 22 year career mostly with the Washington Senators and the twins.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984.
Former teammate Tony Oliva said he was "surprised"when he learned he was sick Killebrew.
AP reported that in a telephone interview, Oliver:
"You have heard," cancer "and the word is very hard, but now everything is so advanced that it will be probably in order.
"The doctors do an excellent job, very good.
"Everybody pulls for him. Our prayers are with him and his family."
Esophageal lead to you dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), pain and other symptoms and are diagnosed with biopsy.
Small and localized tumors are treated surgically with curative intent.
Large tumors tend to be used and are therefore treated with palliative care.
Further growth is by chemotherapy, radiotherapy or a combination of both slowed.
In some cases, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, these tumors do everything in good condition.
The prognosis depends on the extent of disease and other medical problems, but is rather poor.
The 74-year-old gave a statement to his former club, the Minnesota Twins on Thursday and said he expected back to full health from "very serious ".
Killebrew hit 573 home runs and had 11 All-Star appearances spent during his 22 year career mostly with the Washington Senators and the twins.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984.
Former teammate Tony Oliva said he was "surprised"when he learned he was sick Killebrew.
AP reported that in a telephone interview, Oliver:
"You have heard," cancer "and the word is very hard, but now everything is so advanced that it will be probably in order.
"The doctors do an excellent job, very good.
"Everybody pulls for him. Our prayers are with him and his family."
Esophageal lead to you dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), pain and other symptoms and are diagnosed with biopsy.
Small and localized tumors are treated surgically with curative intent.
Large tumors tend to be used and are therefore treated with palliative care.
Further growth is by chemotherapy, radiotherapy or a combination of both slowed.
In some cases, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, these tumors do everything in good condition.
The prognosis depends on the extent of disease and other medical problems, but is rather poor.
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