SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Former South Dakota Gov. Bill Janklow
has completed his first day of cancer treatment.
Janklow announced earlier this month that he was dying from
brain cancer and was planning to undergo treatment at the Mayo
Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Friend David Volk says the 72-year-old Janklow had his first day
of radiation treatment on Monday, and doctors should know more
about Janklow's prognosis in about a week.
Volk says he is not sure if Janklow will be back in South Dakota
for Thanksgiving, but he said the 72-year-old has already
celebrated the holiday with family members.
When Janklow announced the diagnosis during a press conference
at his law office, he said the cancer was far advanced and that he
would undergo whatever treatments necessary to fight it.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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