OXNARD, CA (AP) — As he revealed his cancer diagnosis for the first time in public, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones lauded an experimental trial medicine for effectively treating metastatic melanoma.
In the documentary series America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys, which will premiere on Netflix next week, Jones disclosed his ailment. The 82-year-old Jones then told The Dallas Morning News that when skin cancer cells spread to other areas of his body, he was first diagnosed in June 2010 and had two surgeries on his lung and two on his lymph nodes over the course of the following ten years.
After practice on Wednesday, Jones remarked, “You don’t like to think about your mortality, but I was so fortunate to have some great people that sent me in the right direction.” I had the opportunity to participate in a successful trial. It was a huge success. It is known as PD-1 treatment, and it was incredibly effective.
Brian Schottenheimer, the Cowboys’ first-year coach, praised Jones for going public and called his battle with cancer an incredible story.
“I think it gives people hope, so I’m glad Jerry shared it,” Schottenheimer said on Wednesday. It provides the courage to say, “Hey, you can overcome this.”
The 51-year-old Schottenheimer discussed his personal cancer diagnosis during the Cowboys’ final press conference during their almost month-long stay in Southern California. In 2003, he had surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for thyroid cancer.
Two years after Schottenheimer’s father, Marty Schottenheimer, was fired as coach, then-Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder assisted in setting up Schottenheimer’s treatment. In 2001, as Snyder was undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer, Brian Schottenheimer was coaching Washington’s quarterbacks.
According to Schottenheimer, it does not discriminate against anyone. And while mine was undoubtedly less severe, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at the age of 28. There is nothing like Stage 4, nothing like what Jerry and others must endure. However, you are terrified when you hear the word cancer.
