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US defense chief making 'progress' after cancer diagnosis

10 January 2024
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2024-01-10 10:56

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to intensive care last week for complications from prostate cancer surgery, doctors said on Tuesday.

Austin's prostate cancer was detected and diagnosed early and underwent surgery on 22nd December. He spent four days in the intensive care unit and went back to the hospital on 1st January when he developed the infection.

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