Chiefs Safety Eric Berry Diagnosed With Cancer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs safety Eric Berry has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease and will begin chemotherapy for what doctors called a "very treatable and potentially curable" form of cancer.
Hodgkin's disease is a form of lymphoma originating in white blood cells.
Berry had been undergoing tests at Emory University in Atlanta since an MRI exam nearly two weeks ago showed a mass on the right side of his chest that was suspected to be lymphoma.
Berry said in a statement that he will "embrace this process and attack it the same way I do everything else in life. God has more than prepared me for it."
The former All-Pro safety has already been ruled out for the remainder of the season.
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