Iron Maiden’s singer Bruce Dickinson has cancer

Iron Maiden have revealed that frontman Bruce Dickinson has been undergoing cancer treatments since just before Christmas. Tests and biopsies associated with a routine medical checkup showed a small tumor on the back of the singer's tongue, the band wrote on its website. Yesterday, the vocalist completed a seven-week course of chemotherapy and radiology treatment. The group reports that Dickinson's prognosis is “extremely good,” since the tumor was caught in early stages. The frontman's doctors expect to give him the “all clear” by late May. After that, Dickinson will need…

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