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Johnson's Cancer Is Back

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 30, 2009

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson has had a recurrence of cancer, this time in his spine, team officials said Thursday.

Eagles trainer Rick Burkholder told The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News that Johnson on Monday was diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer that has formed a tumor in his back. Johnson has begun radiation treatments at Bryn Mawr Hospital, the trainer said.

The tumor is in the same area where Johnson's skin cancer was diagnosed in 2001, Burkholder told the newspapers. Johnson also has cancer in other areas of his body, Burkholder said, but he declined to elaborate. The team did not offer a prognosis.

"Who knows where it tracked to from there, but his symptoms came from the spine," Burkholder told the Inquirer. "Now there are some other areas in his body that have cancer, but I'm not going to get into where else some other stuff is. They will all be treated together."

No surgery is scheduled and Johnson intends to continue coaching, Burkholder told the newspapers.

BILLS: Running back Marshawn Lynch is headed to the Pro Bowl as an injury replacement for Tennessee's Chris Johnson.

CHIEFS: Fired as coach of Kansas City on Friday, Herm Edwards joined ESPN as an analyst, the network announced. He will appear on several ESPN TV and radio programs starting next month.

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