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Minnesota’s Klobuchar says she had breast cancer; doing well

By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press
Published: September 9, 2021, 8:35am
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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 17, 2021, file photo, Senate Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., answers questions from the media at the Capitol, in Washington. Klobuchar announced Thursday that she has been treated for breast cancer and the treatment "went well." Klobuchar, 61, tweeted that the cancer was found in February during a routine mammogram, and eventually had a lumpectomy to remove cancer. (AP Photo/J.
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 17, 2021, file photo, Senate Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., answers questions from the media at the Capitol, in Washington. Klobuchar announced Thursday that she has been treated for breast cancer and the treatment "went well." Klobuchar, 61, tweeted that the cancer was found in February during a routine mammogram, and eventually had a lumpectomy to remove cancer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Photo Gallery

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Thursday that she has been treated for breast cancer that was found in February and the treatment “went well.”

Klobuchar, 61, tweeted that the cancer was detected during a routine mammogram, and eventually she had a lumpectomy to remove it. She said she completed radiation therapy in May amid a busy hearing schedule, including one treatment two days after her father died.

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