WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader Steve Scalise is having a stem cell transplant as part of his treatment for multiple myeloma, a common form of blood cancer, his office said in a statement on Friday.
The Louisiana lawmaker will work remotely from home until he returns to Washington in February, the statement said.
Scalise, the No. 2-ranking Republican in the House, had a positive response to chemotherapy, which was completed in December, his office said.
Scalise announced the cancer diagnosis in August.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; editing by Rami Ayyub and Doina Chiacu)
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