From Boston-Bishop M. Thomas Shaw has learned that a tumor removed from his brain last week is malignant and he will need cancer treatments, according to the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
Shaw underwent brain surgery on May 17 after tests revealed the mass on the previous day, the diocese said in a post on its website Friday. The bishop met with his doctors at the Dana Farber Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center on Friday, where they discussed the diagnosis, according to the diocese.
In the next few weeks, Shaw, 67, is expected to begin radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
The Rev. Mally Lloyd, who spent time with Shaw before his operation last week and continued to speak for him, wrote an e-mail to the diocese addressing the cancer diagnosis.
“This is hard news for all of us to hear,” Lloyd wrote in the e-mail, which was posted on the diocese website. “[Shaw] has great confidence in his doctors, and he has great confidence in his life of prayer.”
After his surgery, the bishop went home to the monastery of the Society of St. John Evangelist in Cambridge on Sunday, “where he has been recuperating and resting well,” said the diocese.
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/05/24/bishop-shaw-tumor-cancerous-and-will-undergo-treatment-episcopal-diocese-says/NsN6lOlEzKbz9mCMjvS2gO/story.html
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