Gov. Hogan: 'Cancer is 95 Percent Gone'

The doctors caring for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan are shocked at how well he’s responded to cancer treatment, he said Tuesday, noting 95 percent of the disease is gone.

Hogan told The Washington Post that when he was diagnosed in June, doctors found 60 tumors throughout his body ranging in size from golf balls to oranges.

After eight weeks of chemotherapy, “I aced my test,” Hogan told the Post. “Ninety-five percent is gone, disappeared, dead. I still have some remnants of the tumors, but it’s dead.”

Hogan said his doctors were shocked at the results, which could not have shown better progress.

Hogan was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes. The governor delivered the news with the same balance of candor and charming levity that he has used to tackle partisan realities in the Statehouse.

“This cancer is very advanced and very aggressive,” Hogan said, while noting there was a strong chance of success.

“The odds of beating this are much, much better than my odds of beating Anthony Brown,” Hogan said, referring to his Democratic opponent in the 2014 general election.

Hogan described the cancer as ”very advanced stage 3 or stage 4” and referred to cancerous tumors located in various parts of his body, including a tumor in his back.

The governor will undergo rounds of chemotherapy over 18 weeks.

Last month, Hogan changed his profile picture on Facebook to show his bald head as chemo caused hair loss. “Bald is beautiful,” he wrote.