by: Nick Kosko 20 minutes ago nickkosko59
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones revealed he overcame Stage 4 cancer, per Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning News. Jones said he had melanoma for a decade and an experimental trial drug is what saved his life.
Jones, 82, heads into the 2025 season with the Cowboys looking to return to the playoffs and make a run. Dallas is searching for their first Super Bowl title since Super Bowl XXX from the 1995-96 season.
Per the report, Jones was diagnosed in 2010 and then he began treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Over the course of the last decade-plus, he had four surgeries: two lung surgeries and two lymph node surgeries.
As far as the experimental trial drug, Jones took “PD-1 (therapy)” and it was “one of the great medicines.” The Cowboys’ owner did not reveal when he started the drug.
Jones told Townsend that he now has “no tumors.” It was a welcome sign for the long time executive. Jones also alluded to undergoing cancer treatments “about a dozen years ago” in Netflix’s America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys documentary.
Right now, Jones has a different battle on his hands. Right now, it’s off the field with star pass rusher Micah Parsons, amid a contract dispute. Jones even turned back the clock when discussing it.