Keith Richards' wife tells Vogue she beat cancer (AP)
NEW YORK – The wife of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is a cancer survivor. Patti Hansen reveals in the August issue of Vogue
magazine that she was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2007. She says she first underwent chemotherapy, which
shrunk the tumor but didn't get rid of it completely. One doctor said
she had two to three years to live. Her next move was a bold one: Doctors removed her
bladder and used her intestine to create a neobladder, or a new bladder.
She also had her appendix removed and a full hysterectomy. The 54-year-old Hansen says she wants to help other
women who suffer from bladder cancer. The disease is typically
associated with men, but an increasing number of women are also
suffering from it. The August issue of Vogue hits newsstands nationwide
July 20.
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