Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's cancer operation 'successful'
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been successfully operated on for thyroid cancer.
4:26PM GMT 04 Jan 2012

Presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said that Mrs Kirchner was recovering well after her three-and-a-half hour operation.

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Tests suggested it had not spread beyond her thyroid, so the condition should be curable without chemotherapy, doctors said. They added that the 58-year-old president has a better than 90 per cent chance of recovery.

Experts say thyroid removals are about as routine as cancer surgeries can be, although the process is not without risk: surgeons must take care not to damage a nearby nerve that guides the vocal cords, or to remove the adjacent parathyroids, which regulate the body’s calcium supply.

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The president, who was easily re-elected in October and started her second four-year term in December, is often referred to in Argentina by her first name. Supporters lined the streets near the hospital, holding signs that said “Strength Cristina.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/8992591/Argentine-President-Cristina-Kirchners-cancer-operation-successful.html

I wish her a speedy recovery.

Argentine president awake, OK after cancer surgery
MICHAEL WARREN, Associated Press
Updated 12:18 p.m., Wednesday, January 4, 2012



BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's president was awake and recovering Wednesday after a 3.5 hour operation to remove her cancerous thyroid gland.

Cristina Fernandez's surgery went without complications and all her vital signs were good, her spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced, prompting cheers and applause from supporters gathered outside the hospital.

Doctors had expected a routine surgery and predicted a complete cure without chemotherapy, since preoperative tests showed the cancer had not spread beyond a nodule on the right side of her thyroid gland.

Vice President Amado Boudou was put in charge shortly before the operation, and will remain as the country's constitutional leader for 20 more days while Fernandez takes medical leave, the presidency said.

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http://www.chron.com/news/article/Argentine-president-awake-OK-after-cancer-surgery-2440434.php