Baltimore Oriole's Trey Mancini (Photo: Getty)
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini revealed that he was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer on Tuesday, in a piece for The Players Tribune, titled “I Am So Lucky.” Mancini will undergo six months of chemotherapy.
The 28-year old outfielder had surgery in March, removing a malignant tumor from his colon.
Mancini spoke on his original visit to the doctor, saying, “when I went in for an endoscopy and colonoscopy, the doctors told me that they were really expecting to confirm that I had celiac disease, which is found in your small intestine. When the anesthesia put me under, I believed everything was going to be O.K.”
Mancini noted that before the doctor even mentioned cancer was not even in his head.
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His father was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer at 58 years old.
It will be a while before we see anyone on a field or court, but Mancini is coming off of a standout season, hitting .291 with 97 RBIs and just five homers short of 40.
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