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Harvey Weinstein has been identified with bone most cancers, a supply near the incarcerated producer tells CNN.
Weinstein’s particular analysis is continual myeloid leukemia, a type of most cancers of the bone marrow, the supply says, including that he’s present process therapy at Rikers Island in New York.
Weinstein’s longtime spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, declined to touch upon Weinstein’s analysis. His lawyer, Arthur Aidala, didn’t instantly reply to CNN’s request for remark.
Weinstein’s jail guide and approved authorized well being care consultant in New York state, Craig Rothfeld, shot down hypothesis concerning Weinstein’s analysis.
“It’s each troubling and unacceptable that such non-public and confidential well being issues have turn into a topic of public discourse. Out of respect for Mr. Weinstein’s privateness, we’ll provide no additional remark,” Rothfeld advised CNN in a press release.
The analysis was first reported by NBC Information.
Continual myeloid leukemia (CML) is a uncommon sort of most cancers that varieties within the bone marrow earlier than spilling into the blood. It’s a slow-growing sort of leukemia that may flip acute if not handled shortly with focused remedy, in accordance with the American Cancer Society.
As a result of CML will not be as widespread as different blood illnesses, scientists have taken years to develop, check and streamline therapies for the most cancers, the society says.
Roughly 15% to 30% of individuals with CML go on to develop acute myeloid leukemia. CML additionally usually impacts extra males than ladies, it says.
Final month, Weinstein underwent emergency coronary heart surgical procedure. His spokesperson advised CNN on the time that he was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in New York for the process and was launched shortly after.
“As we now have extensively acknowledged earlier than, Mr. Weinstein suffers a plethora of serious well being points that want ongoing therapy,” Weinstein’s representatives mentioned in September.
One week after he was launched following coronary heart surgical procedure, Weinstein attended a courtroom listening to the place he pleaded not guilty to at least one rely of a legal intercourse act within the first diploma after he was indicted on a brand new cost by a grand jury earlier within the month.
Earlier this 12 months, an appeals court overturned Weinstein’s 2020 conviction, which was a pivotal turning level within the #MeToo motion. He’s tentatively set to be retried in New York on November 12, although prosecutors have moved to mix Weinstein circumstances into one trial — a transfer to which his protection has strongly objected.
On Monday, Weinstein’s spokesperson, Engelmayer, declined to touch upon whether or not his upcoming trial is likely to be impacted by his most cancers analysis.
CNN’s Karina Tsui contributed to this report.