Toronto mayor hospitalized with suspected Tumor

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been admitted to a hospital and is believed to have a tumor in his abdomen, health officials said.
Dr.آ Rueben Devlin from Humber Regional Hospital said Ford had been complaining of abdominal pains and that an examination has resulted in a working diagnosis of a tumor.
He said Ford had been suffering from stomach pains for at least three months and they had worsened in the last 24 hours.
“It became unbearable for him,â€‌ he said.
Ford, 45, became an international celebrity last year after he acknowledged using crack in a “drunken stuporâ€‌ following months of denials. The mayor returned to work in June after a rehab stint for drug and alcohol abuse and is running for re-election on Oct. 27.
Devlin said they need to determine what type of tumor it is by doing a biopsy. He said he could not say how long Ford will be in the hospital.
Devlin said the CT scan is “very definitive for the tumorâ€‌ but a “definitive diagnosisâ€‌ is still to come.
The Toronto Sun reported that Ford was hospitalized in 2009 for a tumor on his appendix, leading to its removal along with part of his colon. Doug Ford Sr., the mayor’s farther, died of colon cancer in 2006.
Councilor Doug Ford, the mayor’s brother and campaign manager, said Rob is in good spirits.
Doug Ford sidestepped questions about the mayoral race, saying he would speak about the campaign on Thursday. Although campaigning has been underway for months, the official deadline for candidates to sign up is Friday. That leaves time for Doug Ford, a city councilor, to step in for his brother, a possibility some have long speculated about.