“This is a Stage I papillary thyroid carcinoma which is the most common type of thyroid cancer and has an excellent prognosis. The surgery went extremely well, and I expect her to be back on her feet even within the next 24 hours.” Sims, said in a statement Friday that Sanders “is currently recovering from surgery in which we removed her thyroid gland and some of the surrounding lymph nodes in her neck. The former White House press secretary won the Republican nomination for Arkansas governor in May and is favored to win the November general election in the deep-red state. Sanders was released from the hospital Saturday following a “successful surgery” and will convalesce at home, her team said Saturday. “By the grace of God I am now cancer-free,” she said in a statement Friday. Arkansas Republican gubernatorial nominee Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this month and on Friday “underwent a successful surgery to remove my thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes.”
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