"Buffalo Bills Great Kelly Undergoes Cancer Surgery Again"
Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly is expected to be hospitalized for two weeks as he recovers from another cancer surgery. Mark Urken, MD, professor of otolaryngology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai said he successfully removed cancer from Kelly's upper jaw and lymph nodes and reconstructed his upper jaw during an all-day surgery Wednesday. Kelly had surgery in June 2013 to have a portion of his upper jaw removed after first being diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. Follow-up tests nine months later showed the cancer spread to his sinus, which led to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Kelly had been cancer-free since September 2014 before announcing March 1 that a test had again revealed the presence of oral cancer.
- Mark L. Urken, MD, Professor, Otolaryngology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Head and Neck Surgeon, Mount Sinai West
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