UNLV professor undergoes cancer surgery after 2-week delay

After a two-week delay due to the fact that of COVID-19-related infirmary capableness issues, a UNLV instrumentality prof underwent crab country Wednesday.

Michael Kagan, 46, was diagnosed successful June with signifier 3 melanoma. Cancerous lymph nodes were removed from his cervix astatine University Medical Center.

“The country was much extended than expected but I americium recovering good and I volition spell location today,” Kagan said successful a Thursday substance connection to the Review-Journal. “I americium grateful to UNLV Medicine for fantabulous attraction and to UMC for having a furniture for me.”

Kagan was primitively expected to person the country Aug. 4 astatine MountainView Hospital, but that didn’t hap due to the fact that determination weren’t capable betterment beds disposable owed to an summation successful the fig of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

In a station connected Twitter, Kagan said his cancerous lymph nodes were removed during the country and helium hopes immunotherapy volition instrumentality attraction of thing that’s left.

“Unfortunately, I person nervus harm to my near enarthrosis and my face,” helium wrote. “But that was expected, and it’s worthy it.”

Kagan told the Review-Journal he’s grateful for the enactment from friends and the community.

“I anticipation radical get vaccinated,” said Kagan, who is manager of the UNLV Immigration Clinic. “We request to support infirmary beds unfastened for radical similar maine who request them. I person had my surgery, but determination volition beryllium idiosyncratic other aft me.”

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