Senator surgery success

Connecticut Democrat Sen. Chris Dodd was released Saturday from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center after surgery to treat early stage prostate cancer, Dodd’s office said in a statement.

“Senator Dodd was released from the hospital earlier today and is at home in East Haddam with his family,” Dodd spokesman Bryan DeAngelis said in the statement. “He is recovering well from Tuesday’s surgery and looks forward to getting back to work later this month on behalf of the people of Connecticut.”

Dodd recently revealed that he had been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer. His doctor described the surgery as “successful,“ adding that the Connecticut Democrat “is expected to be in the hospital for a few days.“

“It is anticipated that he will be able to return to full activity within a few weeks,“ Dr. Peter Scardino, chairman of the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, said in the statement released by Dodd’s office.