TORONTO - Rob Ford's chief of staff says doctors have removed a cancerous tumour from the former Toronto mayor's abdomen and consider the operation to be a success.
Dan Jacobs says Ford has regained consciousness after an intensive surgery that kept him under anesthesia for about 10 hours.
He says the ex-mayor is in "some pain," and still has months of recovery to look forward to.
Ford's surgery comes after several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation which he said reduced his tumour to an operable size.
Discovery of the tumour last fall derailed Ford's re-election bid, prompting him to successfully run for city council instead.
The rare, aggressive malignant lipsarcoma arises from fat cells and can attack a variety of soft tissue in the body.
#Toronto Coun. Rob Ford 'ready to roll' as he heads into surgery to remove cancerous tumour. Full story here: http://bit.ly/1J59MbdPhoto courtesy: Dan Jacobs/Twitter
Posted by CTV Toronto on Monday, May 11, 2015
