Luke Menard Cancer – American Idol Season 7 contestant Luke Menard has cancer, specifically Stage 2 non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and Luke mistook the cancer symptoms for walking pnuemonia.
The Luke Menard cancer diagnosis of Stage II non-Hodgkins lymphoma is not as bad as it sounds.
The American Cancer Society estimates the five-year survival rate for Stage 2 non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 90-95%, so that’s the good news for Luke and his family.
“Luke had a lingering cough and was having trouble breathing deeply, so he went to the doctor to have it checked out,” Jane Victor, a member of Luke Menard’s a cappella group Chapter 6 told CBS News. “The suspicion was walking pneumonia. But after a chest x-ray doctors saw a mass and did more testing, which is what led to the stage II Hodgkin diagnosis.”
“They’ve been told that it’s treatable and manageable. Luke is currently in Los Angeles and plans to return home to Indiana soon,” Victor told reporters.
Recommended cancer treatment for this type of lymphoma is surgery to remove the tumor followed by radiation treatment and chemotherapy.
Luke Menard made it to American Idol’s Top 16, but was voted off the show on March 6, 2008 during the timeframe when two contestants were voted off each night.
Menard has been on the road for the last six weeks, performing with his a capella group Chapter 6.
And that’ the latest news on the Luke Menard cancer diagnosis.
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