By Field Level Media
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones revealed that he fought stage 4 melanoma for a decade, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Jones was contacted by the newspaper following a comment he made during the Netflix documentary, “America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys.”
In the documentary, Jones referenced undergoing cancer treatments “about a dozen years ago,” per the Dallas Morning News.
Jones said he underwent treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston in 2010.
Jones, now 82, said he had four surgeries over the ensuing decade — two involving his lungs, two involving his lymph nodes. He credits the experimental trial drug PD-1 (Programmed Cell Death Protein 1) for saving his life.
“I was saved by a fabulous treatment and great doctors and a real miracle (drug) c