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-------------------------------------------- Giuliani Has Prostate Cancer

By Timothy Williams

Associated Press Writer

Thursday, April 27, 2000; 10:41 a.m. EDT

NEW YORK –– Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced today he has prostate

cancer, and said the disease could affect his campaign for U.S. Senate

against first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

"It's a treatable form of prostate cancer. It was found at an early stage," the

55-year-old Giuliani said, sounding upbeat and frequently smiling during a

news conference.

He said a biopsy was performed Wednesday, 2½ weeks after a screening

test indicated the followup test was necessary. Treatment options, which

include radiation and chemotherapy, have not yet been decided.

Asked how it would affect his run for the Senate, the second-term

Republican mayor: "I have no idea. ... I hope that I'd be able to run, but the

choice that I'm going to make is going to be based on the treatment that's

going to give me the best chance to have a complete cure."

When pressed on whether he would continue his campaign he said: "I don't

think it's fair to answer questions about the Senate race right now. ... Should

I do it? Would I be able to do it the right way? I hope that's the case but I

don't know."

The mayor noted his father died of prostate cancer in 1981, before the latest

screening tests.

"It brings up very painful memories, and I miss my father every day of my

life," he said.

Cancer of the prostate, a gland involved in semen production, is the second

most common type of cancer found in American men, behind skin cancer.

A total of 179,300 were diagnosed with the disease in 1999.

Treatments include removal of the chesnut-size gland and radiation. Doctors

also often recommend "watchful waiting," or leaving the cancer untreated,

in elderly men who are more likely to die first from other ailments.

About three-quarters of men with prostate cancer have elevated levels of a

protein called prostate-specific antigen – PSA. Testing blood for PSA has

been a standard screening method for older men since about 1990. Giuliani

said he had that test 2½ weeks ago.

However, other conditions, such as noncancerous prostate enlargement,

also can make PSA levels shoot up, so doctors must perform biopsies to

make sure cancer is truly the cause. For every biopsy that detects prostate

cancer, two or three others are false alarms.

Treatment options include radiation and chemotherapy. "Some forms of

treatment would require taking some time off," Giuliani acknowledged, but

said he didn't expect it to be a significant amount of time.

The mayor smiled frequently during the news conference and joked with

reporters. Asked whether he would be nicer, he replied, "No way."