Paterno has a form of treatable lung cancer.

[in_cog_ni_to]

Joe Paterno was diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer the same weekend Penn State's football team played its first game without the Hall of Fame coach in nearly a half century.

His son, Scott Paterno, said Friday in a statement to The Associated Press that his father's doctors are optimistic the 84-year-old Paterno will make a full recovery.

The news came shortly after Penn State said the NCAA would look into the school's handling of a child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Paterno was fired by the board of trustees Nov. 9 for failing to do more than simply report to his superiors an abuse allegation against Sandusky.

"Last weekend, my father was diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer during a follow-up visit for a bronchial illness," Scott Paterno said in the brief statement. The medical exam came the same weekend the school played its first game since the 1960s without Paterno leading the Nittany Lions — a 17-14 loss to Nebraska.<snip>

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/joe-paterno-lung-cancer-son-14985391#.TsgApFawWNc

[greymattermom]

1. Remember Elizabeth Edwards

had a treatable form of breast cancer. And Steve Jobs had a treatable form of pancreatic cancer.

[TheWraith]

4. "Treatable" is always variable when it comes to cancer.

It's all about playing the odds. Something that is "treatable" might have 85% odds of a good outcome... but that still leaves you roughly one in six that don't.

[kestrel91316]

2. I am halfway inclined to think this is a lie to win sympathy.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. I'm all the way there

Guy's a fraud and a scumbag. Fuck him.

[WinkyDink]

5. These are two of the most ignorant comments ever, excluding my own.

Now Joe has the medical community in his pocket? GMA*B.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. I haven't heard the medical community say one damn thing about his cancer

Only his son.

[Flubadubya]

8. The medical community is obligated NOT to say anything about this...

unless an official release of medical records is authorized (signed) by the patient.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that is the protocol. :shrug:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

10. Well, that's kinda the point

His family can say whatever they want about his health. No doctor is going to come out and say they are lying.

[Avalux]

9. Really? Wow, you're a cold soul. n/t

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

11. But I don't cover-up for child molesters

So I got that going for me.

[GodlessBiker]

6. You know, with all that's going on, I just don't have the strength to care.