In a statement released at shortly before 6:30 a.m., Kennedy said he would be operated on by Dr. Allan Friedman at the Duke University Medical Center and expects to recuperate there for about a week.
In the weeks and months after the surgery, Kennedy will begin a regimen of radiation and chemotherapy at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, according to the statement.
Kennedy sailed in Hyannis Port yesterday morning, then flew to North Carolina with his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy yesterday afternoon. He was admitted to the hospital after his arrival.
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