Edwards to continue campaign despite wife’s cancer

US presidential hopeful John Edwards said yesterday his wife’s cancer has returned, but said he will continue his campaign for the Democratic nomination.

“The campaign goes on. The campaign goes on strongly,” Edwards told reporters, his wife by his side.

Edwards, aged 53, cancelled a Tuesday evening house party in Iowa to go with his wife to a doctor’s appointment, which his campaign described as a follow-up to a routine test she had Monday.