{"id":1768,"date":"2012-01-09T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2012-05-04T22:32:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T05:32:05","slug":"black-sabbath-guitarist-tony-iommi-diagnosed-with-lymphoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2012\/01\/09\/black-sabbath-guitarist-tony-iommi-diagnosed-with-lymphoma\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK SABBATH Guitarist TONY IOMMI Diagnosed With Lymphoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"iommi\" src=\"http:\/\/wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net\/80450F\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/files\/2012\/01\/Iommi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Black Sabbath\u00a0guitarist\u00a0Tony Iommi\u00a0has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, and is currently working with doctors to determine the best possible treatment routine.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>WebMD\u00a0defines lymphoma as \u201ccancer of the lymphatic system, a network of lymph nodes connected by blood vessels that drain waste products and strain cancerous cells from the body.\u201d According to the band\u2019s official statement, Iommi remains \u201cupbeat and determined to make a full and successful recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No mention has been made of any changes to the\u00a0newly reunited\u00a0Black Sabbath\u2019s already scheduled\u00a0touring plans, currently set to start May 18 in Moscow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Sabbath\u00a0guitarist\u00a0Tony Iommi\u00a0has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, and is currently working with doctors to determine the best possible treatment routine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1768"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3194,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768\/revisions\/3194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}