Erie mayor undergoing prostate cancer procedure - News - GoErie.com - Erie, PA - GoErie.com

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Schember announced the diagnosis during his weekly news conference on Jan. 16.

Erie Mayor Joe Schember was scheduled this morning to undergo a procedure for prostate cancer at Saint Vincent Hospital.

The procedure to remove a portion of Schember’s prostate was scheduled to be performed by Peter Lund, M.D.

Lund is the Saint Vincent urologist who is treating Schember, 69. Schember announced his cancer diagnosis publicly during his weekly news conference on Jan. 16.

Schember is expected to stay at Saint Vincent overnight. After he recovers, he will undergo six to eight weeks of radiation treatments to treat the cancer.

Lund is expected to provide an update on Schember’s procedure at 1 p.m., Saint Vincent officials said.

The prostate is a small walnut-shaped gland in men that produces seminal fluid. Prostate cancer is a common cancer in men and the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among men.

But the five-year survival rate for prostate cancer is nearly 100 percent when it is caught before it has spread beyond nearby lymph nodes, according to the American Cancer Society.

Lund has said previously that according to tests, Schember’s cancer has not spread outside the prostate,

Schember “has a disease that should be cured, ” Lund has said. “He should live a long, healthy life.”

Schember said he started seeing Lund after suffering prostate-related symptoms, including urination problems. Recent abnormalities in Schember’s blood work and digital rectal exam led to additional tests and the biopsies, according to Lund.

Renee Lamis, Schember’s chief of staff, said he is expected to be out of the office at least until Wednesday.

Schember, a Democrat, was elected in 2017 and is serving his first four-year term as Erie’s mayor.

Kevin Flowers can be reached at 870-1693 or by email. Follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ETNflowers.

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