Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Republican nominee for governor of Arkansas, revealed on Friday that she had undergone surgery to remove her thyroid after being diagnosed with cancer, The Hill reports.

Sanders said in a statement that her doctor ordered a biopsy on an “area of concern” earlier this month during a check-up, and the test revealed that she had thyroid cancer. She said the surgery was successful, and she is now cancer free.

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