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 Hogan, 59, said on his Facebook page that he feels "healthy and
strong" after finishing the first 24 hours of chemotherapy for stage
III non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
"I'm happy to report that things could not be going any better," he
said. "We are killing cancer cells left and right and I have no side
effects."
The first-term governor, surrounded by his wife and his three
children, announced on Monday that he has cancer, and said exams had
turned up about 30 to 40 tumors in his abdomen, neck and groin.
Hogan, who took office in January, called the cancer very advanced
and very aggressive but said it was one that responded well to
chemotherapy.
 Hogan said he would continue working around his chemotherapy
appointments that he expects to last 18 weeks.
A commercial real estate broker who had never held elected office,
Hogan upset Democratic Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown in November
to win the governorship after campaigning on a tax-cutting platform.
Hogan had canceled meetings and appearances since returning from a
trade mission to Asia about two weeks ago because he felt ill.
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Hogan said he had noticed a golf ball-sized lump in his throat while
shaving before leaving for the 12-day trip. He felt fine during the
mission, but on his return, exams first turned up a dozen tumors in
his throat and then 20 to 30 more in his abdomen and groin.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien; Editing by Toni Reinhold)
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