'Dog the Bounty Hunter' star Beth Chapman rushed to surgery after throat cancer returns

Beth, wife of Duane 'Dog' Chapman was first diagnosed with stage 2 throat cancer that was successfully cured, but the cancer has now returned.
PUBLISHED NOV 28, 2018

'Dog the Bounty Hunter' star Beth Chapman's throat cancer has relapsed and she was rushed to the hospital early Tuesday morning with a cancerous mass in her throat. Fox News reports that according to Chapman's family attorney, Andrew Brettler, when surgeons operated on Beth's mass they found out that her cancer had returned, friends and family who were present at the hospital were informed. In a statement, Brettler said, "I can confirm that she was hospitalized today, had surgery to remove a mass in her throat, which was determined to be cancerous. I understand that the situation is very serious. We are all concerned for her and the well-being of her family." Overnight, Beth, 51, began to have troubles breathing which is when she was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In the morning, doctors identified the blockage in her throat. 

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