Kent Boughton says stage 4 cancer spreads after chemotherapy fails

2 articles · Updated · KSNB · May 5

The Nebraska forecaster said lesions and tumours in his brain have nearly doubled, and he will begin 10 days of whole-brain radiation in Omaha on Wednesday.
Boughton, chief forecaster for News Channel Nebraska, first disclosed his diagnosis in March after tests for voice loss found a lung tumour had grown against his left tonsil and paralysed it.
A Hall of Fame broadcaster with more than 50 years in weather, Boughton said he still has more fighting to do as he marked the 17th anniversary of a near-fatal 2009 crash.

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