Ford tumour ‘malignant’

The tumour in Rob Ford’s abdomen, the discovery of which led the mayor of Toronto to drop out of the election last week, is both malignant and rare, medical authorities said.

Dr Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai Hospital’s surgical team addressed the media yesterday to provide an update on Ford’s condition due to public interest.

He said a repeat biopsy was done Monday on ‘the mass’ and the diagnosis was a ‘malignant sarcoma’ — a form of cancer. Cohen added that this is a condition related specifically to fatty tissue, and a rare and difficult tumour to treat.