Basso is 'perfectly recovered' from surgery after cancer scare
Ivan Basso's doctors have said the Italian is "perfectly recovered" after undergoing treatment for testicular cancer. The Italian was forced to quit the Tour de France after the first week when medical checks revealed he had the disease. A crash on stage 5 of the race in which he injured his left testical prompted the rider to undergo checks.
"Today, 20 July 2015, Ivan Basso underwent a post-surgery checkup. The patient has perfectly recovered from the intervention. The final histological examination shows, currently, no indication for additional treatment and the patient will be closely observed during the following months,” Professor Francesco Montorsi, Director of the Urology Surgery Unit at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan said in a statement released by Tinkoff Saxo.
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Basso has been instructed to rest for a month but has been advised that he should be able to resume is career. He will meet up with his Tour de France teammates at the race’s conclusion in Paris on Sunday.
"I am extremely happy with the outcome of the surgery and I would like to deeply thank Tinkoff-Saxo's team doctor, Piet De Moor, the doctors and medical staff of the Tour de France as well as Professor Montorsi and his team,” Basso said.
“Professor Montorsi has allowed me to travel by plane and I look forward to meeting the rest of the Tinkoff-Saxo squad in Paris to celebrate the end of the Tour de France."
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