ESPN's Dick Vitale announces that he's been diagnosed with cancer for a fifth time
"I’m four for four and I’m fully confident I’m going to make it five for five."
Legendary ESPN college basketball announcer Dick Vitale announced on Monday that he has been diagnosed with cancer for a fifth time. Vitale made the announcement via a statement shared by ESPN. “Today, my oncologist, Dr.
Brown, informed me that my biopsy results have confirmed a diagnosis of melanoma in my lung and liver cavity,” Vitale said, per the statement. “I will be starting immunotherapy shortly and plan on winning this battle. ” Vitale, 86, initially announced last week that imaging had revealed abnormalities that prompted his doctors to conduct biopsies.
“Like countless others, each time I go for any kind of test I am a nervous wreck,” Vitale said vis a statement shared on April 8. “The latest example is my scans last week. The anxiousness you feel about the uncertainty is off the charts.
You just never know what’s next, and it can be surprising or scary. ” Just leaving hospital after Biopsy / now anesthesia has worn off. Hope & pray for good results as they did study of my lungs where spots showed in Pet Scan & MRI’s !