3 Doors Down frontman announces Stage 4 cancer diagnosis
Brad Arnold, the lead singer of rock band 3 Doors Down, announced Wednesday that he was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.
"Got some not so good news for you today," Arnold said in a video shared to social media, as well as the 3 Doors Down social media accounts. "I've been sick a couple of weeks ago and then went to the hospital and got checked out and had actually got the diagnosis that I had a clear cell renal carcinoma, that it metastasized into my lungs and it's Stage 4, and that's not real good."
According to the National Cancer Institute, clear cell renal carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. About 80% of all renal cell carcinoma cases are clear cell renal carcinoma, or ccRCC, which may also be referred to as conventional renal cell carcinoma.
People with clear cell renal carcinoma may experience no noticeable symptoms but may also exhibit symptoms such as a fever, pain, a lump in the side, tiredness, blood in the urine, or weight loss. This type of kidney cancer may run in families and is associated with individuals who have a genetic condition called Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome and other hereditary conditions.
Treatments for clear cell renal carcinoma may include surgery like thermal ablation or cryosurgery, immunotherapy, radiation and targeted therapy.
Arnold, 46, said his recent diagnosis will also impact 3 Doors Down, which had been scheduled to perform in the Summer of '99 Tour alongside fellow bands Nickelback, Creed, Vertical Horizon and more, starting in July.
"It is gonna force us to cancel our tour this summer, and we're sorry for that," Arnold said in his video.
"And I'd love for you to lift me up in prayer every chance you get, and uh, [I] say it's time for me to maybe go listen to ... 'Not My Time' a little bit, right? Thank you guys so much," he added, referencing the band's 2008 single from their eponymous album.
Arnold, along with Todd Harrell and the late Matt Roberts, is one of the founding members of 3 Doors Down, which formed in Mississippi in 1996.
