Jerry Jones chats about all things training camp
Jerry Jones chats about all things training camp
FOX 4's Mike Doocy and Sam Gannon got the chance to sit down with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones while covering training camp in Oxnard, California. He answered questions about Micah Parsons, Dak Prescott, and winning Super Bowls.
DALLAS - Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he was previously diagnosed and overcame Stage 4 cancer thanks to an experimental drug, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News.
Jerry Jones Cancer Diagnosis
What we know:
Jones told a Morning News reporter that the experimental therapy saved his life.
According to the report, he fought Stage 4 melanoma for a decade.
The 82-year-old said he was diagnosed in June 2010 and began treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
He said over the next decade, he had two lung surgeries and two lymph node surgeries.
He underwent trials for the therapy called Programmed Cell Death Protein 1, or PD-1. And now he has no tumors.
All this came to light after the Morning News reporter saw the new Dallas Cowboys docuseries on Netflix. In it, Jones briefly mentioned undergoing cancer treatment in an episode. That reporter then followed up with week to get the rest of his story.
Big picture view:
According to the American Cancer Society, Stage 4 melanoma has a five-year survival rate of just 35%.
Recent studies suggest new treatments are increasing the survival rate.
The Source: FOX 4's Shannon Murray gathered details for this story from an article in the Dallas Morning News.
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