George Harrison says he's 'feeling fine'
In response to widely published reports stating that he recently underwent treatments for a brain tumor, former Beatle George Harrison , in a statement issued by his lawyer today (7/9), said that he was "feeling fine."
The statement said that Harrison, 58, underwent radiotherapy treatments more than a month ago at the Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland in Bellinzona. The statement did not make mention of a brain tumor, nor did it specify the reason that Harrison underwent the treatments.
"I am feeling fine and I am really sorry for the unnecessary worry which has been caused by the reports appearing in today's press," Harrison said in the statement.
The weekly Swiss newspaper Sonntagszeitung recently reported that Harrison underwent treatment for a brain tumor during May and June, when he regularly visited Swiss cancer specialist Franco Cavalli at the institute.
Said Cavalli in a statement, as reported by the British press: "Mr. George Harrison was referred to the hospital to undergo a course of radiotherapy. Harrison successfully completed this course more than a month ago and we foresee no need for further treatment here."
Harrison underwent surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in early May to remove a cancerous growth from one of his lungs, and he was treated for throat cancer in the late '90s in Great Britain.
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