Such was the case when he arrived at the Mayo Clinic last Sunday, ready to do battle with prostate cancer. There is nothing bothering him physically. In the meantime, he had flown round-trip to California, where he attended the PGA Tour awards dinner at the Mercedes Championships. Palmer's wife, Winnie, called him with the news of the biopsy report Friday afternoon, Jan. 10, after he had checked into his room at the La Costa Resort and Spa. Now we decide what course of action is best.
Prostate cancer is a slow-developing cancer that can be successfully treated if detected early.
The disease kills between 40,000 and 50,000 men yearly, and there are about 310,000 new cases diagnosed each year. It has a cure rate of about 87 percent if detected early. We feel like this was caught very early. Arnold has always been very good about physicals, and this only showed up for the first time on Friday. That's how fresh it is, so we're really hopeful.