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Cambodia’s 72-year-old king says he has prostate cancer and is getting treatment in China
Doctors in Beijing prescribed up to two months of hospital treatment after the 72-year-old monarch said he has prostate cancer.
- On Friday, Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni announced he has prostate cancer and will remain in Beijing for medical treatment, according to a statement posted on his Facebook account.
- King Sihamoni traveled to China in late February with his mother, Queen Mother Norodom Monineath, for routine medical checkups when doctors at a state hospital in Beijing confirmed the diagnosis.
- Before taking the throne in 2004, the King served as Cambodia's ambassador to UNESCO and worked as a classical ballet dancer, maintaining a largely ceremonial role in his country.
- Doctors have prescribed hospitalization of up to two months for treatment, with the King intending to extend his stay in China for between one and three months on medical advice.
- The King's father, Norodom Sihanouk, also received cancer treatment in Beijing and lived until 2012, dying at age 89 after relocating to China following his abdication.
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Norodom Siamoni took the throne in October 2004.
Cambodia's king diagnosed with prostate cancer
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will stay in China for prolonged treatment, he said in a statement on Friday. Doctors in Beijing “have confirmed that currently I have prostate cancer”, the 72-year-old king said in a statement to his country, adding that doctors have prescribed hospitalisation of up to two months for treatment. Sihamoni departed for Beijing for hospital checks ov…
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