{"id":153111,"date":"2026-02-12T15:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/153111\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:55:08","slug":"hillsborough-county-commissioner-announces-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/153111\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillsborough County commissioner announces cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hillsborough County Commissioner Chris Boles announced Thursday morning that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer.<\/p>\n<p>HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Hillsborough County Commissioner Chris Boles announced Thursday morning that he&#8217;s beginning treatment immediately for metastatic oropharyngeal cancer, also known as throat cancer.<\/p>\n<p>In an emailed statement, Commissioner Boles said, \u201cWhile I value transparency, I intend to keep the details of my treatment private. I want residents to know that I remain fully committed to serving our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say, \u201cMy medical team and I are confident that I can continue fulfilling my responsibilities with minimal interruption, and my office will remain fully operational throughout this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Boles concluded, \u201cPublic service is a responsibility and a privilege I take seriously. I am grateful for the opportunity to continue this work and only ask for the community\u2019s continued support and prayers for both myself and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Moffitt Cancer Center, metastatic throat cancer is cancer that originated in the throat and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moffitt.org\/cancers\/head-and-neck-cancer\/faqs\/where-does-metastatic-throat-cancer-spread-to\/#:~:text=Metastatic%2520throat%2520cancer%2520is%2520cancer,often%2520found%2520is%2520the%2520bones.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">has spread to other areas of the body.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moffitt.org\/cancers\/head-and-neck-cancer\/faqs\/what-are-the-symptoms-of-throat-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">here<\/a> about the signs Moffitt Cancer Center recommends watching for when it comes to throat cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hillsborough County Commissioner Chris Boles announced Thursday morning that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-153111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}