# Peter Jennings Has Cancer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-cancer/297876>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 5, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-cancer/297876 "2005-04-05T18:04:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-cancer/297876/1 "2005-04-05T18:04:22Z")

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[Lung cancer at that.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7393113/)

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> Peter Jennings, the chief ABC News anchorman for more than 20 years, has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will begin outpatient treatment next week, the network said Tuesday.

Best of luck to him.

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**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-cancer/297876/2 "2005-04-05T20:27:54Z")

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I’m sorry to hear about this, but I commend him for going public about his situation. Perhaps it will help with cancer awareness (obviously from my sig that’s an issue I am concerned about) and maybe give some people an extra push to stop smoking before it’s too late.  
Although they don’t say how advanced his case is, I have a bad feeling just going by the article’s mention that it evidently went several months without being detected and that he apparently is not eligible for surgical removal of the tumor(s). Of course, you never can be sure how any particular individual’s case will go. I certainly hope his treatments prove successful!