Mitt Romney Successfully Treated for Prostate Cancer: Source

Former Republican U.S. presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivers a speech criticizing current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo

Republican Mitt Romney, strongly considering a run for a U.S. Senate seat from Utah, underwent successful treatment for prostate cancer last year, a source close to Romney said on Monday.

Romney, who lost the 2012 U.S. presidential race to Barack Obama, was treated surgically by Dr. Thomas Ahlering at UC Irvine Hospital in California and his prognosis is good, the source said. “He was successfully treated,” the source added.