Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Jerry Jones was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma and underwent four surgeries over more than a decade to beat the cancer, the Dallas Cowboys owner revealed.
Jones made the disclosure during an interview published Wednesday in the Dallas Morning News. The 82-year-old billionaire, who said he was diagnosed in 2010, credited an experimental drug with saving his life. He received treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
"I was saved by a fabulous treatment and great doctors and a real miracle called PD-1 [therapy]," Jones told the Morning News. "I went into trials for that PD-1 and it has been one of the great medicines. I now have no tumors."
Stage 4 melanoma means the cancer has already spread to other areas of the body, including the distant lymph nodes, areas of skin or other organs, according to the American Cancer Society.
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