‘I am going to get through this.’ U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee diagnosed with cancer

FLINT, MI — U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Twp., has been diagnosed with cancer. A few weeks ago, after consulting with his doctors, he scheduled a preventive scan for a swollen lymph node. The results were more significant than Kildee expected. After addition testing, Kildee was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a serious but curable form of cancer. “Thankfully, I caught it very early. With early detection and great doctors, they found a very small tumor in one of my tonsils,” he said in a Friday, March 31, statement. “It’s...