Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, July 23, 1990 TAG: 9007230251
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A/8 EDITION: EVENING
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short
The wife of Vice President Dan Quayle has been active in a breast cancer awareness campaign. She testified before a congressional health subcommittee in May and both she and the vice president ran in a celebrity 5-kilometer "Race for the Cure" to encourage women to undergo early screening and mammograms.
Despite her high-profile involvement in that campaign, the Quayles appeared reluctant to disclose full details of her operation, even keeping secret the hospital where it was performed.
A statement released Saturday by Quayle's press secretary, David Beckwith, also did not reveal what the actual diagnosis was.
But the sources said Sunday the operation was for cervical cancer that had been detected earlier this year. It was not an emergency procedure, according to the sources, who spoke only on condition they not be named.
Saturday's statement said Marilyn Quayle, who turns 41 next week, had undergone surgery on Saturday morning and that she was "recovering well." It said she will "resume her full schedule in four to six weeks. Full and total recovery is expected."
- Associated Press
by CNB