San Antonio congressman Joaquin Castro undergoes surgery to have tumors removed
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro underwent surgery Monday morning at M.D.Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to remove tumors in his small intestine, according to a statement from the San Antonio Democrat's office. The surgery removed gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors, which doctors discovered last summer, Castro said in the statement. He described the tumors as "small, slow-growing, and mostly asymptomatic."
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