Thread: Mass found in chest of Eric Berry

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs have placed Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry on the non-football illness list after a mass was discovered in his chest following Thursday night's game against the Oakland Raiders.

Berry began feeling discomfort in his chest near the end of the game, and a series of tests taken in Oakland and back in Kansas City revealed the mass.

Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said that there has been no definitive diagnosis, but the leading possibility is lymphoma. Burkholder said that Berry had never complained of the pain until last week, and a physical taken over the summer came back clear. Berry was on his way Monday to Atlanta, where he was to be examined by specialists at Emory University.

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Wow. I hope it's not cancer.

Goodness, that's terrible.

damn, thats not good.

That's scary, hope it turns out to be nothing.

You hate to see this happen to anyone.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry has what team officials believe is lymphoma -- a form of cancer -- and has been placed on the season-ending non-football illness list. Berry will undergo further testing at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta to complete the diagnosis.

"At this point in time, we don't have a definitive diagnosis," Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said at a news conference Monday afternoon. "But the leading consideration for what he has right now is lymphoma.

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"We first were alerted to something on Thursday night. It's now Monday. We still don't have a definitive answer. That's OK. We'll get to the experts and we'll get the answer. We'll get a treatment program and we'll go from there."

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yea, saw it earlier. . . terrible news. . .

Thats tragic. Hope he comes back from this. Seems like a real good dude.

Prayers go out to him.

One of the easier cancers to treat. Hope he pulls it through.

Sorry for making a thread. I didn't see this one.

All the best Eric. I hope it's benign and you're back on the field soon. Way too young for stupid shit.

I saw this last night on Sportscenter. They were speculating that it could be leukemia. I hope not. Eric Berry has been a good player and like Davii said he is way too young for this.

If you want to send a card to Eric Berry, you can send them to One Arrowhead Drive, Kansas City, MO 64129

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Jeff Legwold @Jeff_Legwold · 2h

Fox said he texted Berry Tuesday and Peyton Manning said he had reached out to Berry as well this week.

Jeff Legwold @Jeff_Legwold · 2h

#Broncos HC John Fox: "Our thoughts and prayers are with Eric Berry ... we had him at the Pro Bowl, he's a fine young man.''

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs safety Eric Berry has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease and will begin chemotherapy for what doctors called a "very treatable and potentially curable" form of cancer.

Hodgkin's disease is a form of lymphoma originating in white blood cells.

Berry had been undergoing tests at Emory University in Atlanta since an MRI exam nearly two weeks ago showed a mass on the right side of his chest that was suspected to be lymphoma.

Berry said in a statement that he will "embrace this process and attack it the same way I do everything else in life. God has more than prepared me for it."

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci...agnosed-cancer

If it had to be cancer, it is great that he has a very treatable and potentially curable form