Yet Another Accidental Hit Leads to Cancer Discovery in the NFL

NFL ref Tony Corrente has cancer and is beginning his second course of chemotherapy this week. The throat cancer was diagnosed after Corrente got knocked on his back during a Steelers / Ravens game.

"Getting knocked down and hurt in that Baltimore game might have saved my life,'' he said. "Then I started taking Motrin, which I found out causes your blood to thin. It broke through blood vessels and would come out when I coughed. Obviously, you've got to find out why that's happening. Had I not done anything, or had I taken Tylenol, which doesn't cause your blood to thin, I probably wouldn't have discovered this for a while -- and by then, I'd have needed massive surgery, and who knows what chances I would have had.''

Peter King has the entire story.

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