Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says cancer is in remission
MONCTON, N.B. — Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who was hit with a cancer diagnosis late last year, says he has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for his leukemia.
He made the announcement on social media Thursday with a joint statement with his oncologist, Dr. Nicholas Finn, who says LeBlanc’s leukemia is in “complete remission.”
LeBlanc revealed in December he had chronic lymphocytic leukemia — one of the most common forms of leukemia in adults — and was about to undergo treatment.
He said the diagnosis came in April 2017, but only decided to go public months later because he was about to start chemo immunotherapy in Moncton, N.B. — a small place where showing up for outpatient treatment at a hospital two mornings a month wouldn’t go unnoticed.