{"id":2442588,"date":"2019-04-05T10:24:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T16:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=303614"},"modified":"2019-04-05T10:24:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T16:24:42","slug":"colorado-sen-michael-bennet-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer-to-undergo-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/colorado-sen-michael-bennet-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer-to-undergo-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet diagnosed with prostate cancer, to undergo surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/brfBennetTownHall-VDN-060917.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/brfBennetTownHall-VDN-060917.jpg 489w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/brfBennetTownHall-VDN-060917-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\"><figcaption><strong>U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet<\/strong><br \/><em>U.S. Senate Photographic Studio<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has prostate cancer and is scheduled to undergo surgery later this month, he said late Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLate last month, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer,\u201d the Denver Democrat said in a statement. \u201cWhile hearing news like this is never easy, I am fortunate it was detected early, and as a result, my prognosis is good. During the upcoming Senate recess, I will have surgery in Colorado and return to work following a brief recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bennet\u2019s diagnosis was first reported by the Colorado Independent in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradoindependent.com\/2019\/04\/03\/littwin-bennet-prostate-cancer-president-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">a column<\/a>. Bennet, 54, told the online outlet that he will proceed with plans to run for president in 2020 if he is cancer-free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea was to announce (a presidential run) sometime in April,\u201d Bennet said in the story. \u201cThat was the plan. We hired some staff. We interviewed people for positions in New Hampshire and Iowa. And then I went for the physical. In my last physical, my PSA was high. They did a biopsy, and it was clear. But this time, it was not clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prostate-specific antigens, or PSAs, are measured to determine prostate cancer. It\u2019s a common type of cancer but not as deadly as several other types of cancer, if diagnosed early.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/04\/03\/michael-bennet-colorado-prostate-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">The Denver Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/colorado-sen-michael-bennet-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer-to-undergo-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Sen. Michael BennetU.S. Senate Photographic Studio U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has prostate cancer and is scheduled to undergo surgery later this month, he said late Wednesday. \u201cLate last month, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer,\u201d the Denver Democrat said in a statement. \u201cWhile hearing news like this is never easy, I am fortunate it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2442588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 06:52:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}