Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who joined Boston University in February as codirector of the University’s new 城市倡议 (IoC), has been diagnosed with an advanced form of cancer that has spread to his liver and lymph nodes, according to the 波士顿环球报。 The newspaper reports that the origin of the cancer, discovered in early February by his primary care physician, is unknown. 为这位71岁的前市长治疗的医生说，手术是不可能的。 Menino（2001年出生）已经开始了化疗方案，这需要在接下来的六周内再进行三次化疗。

罗伯特·a·布朗总统表示，得知癌症诊断结果，他感到非常难过。 “I know that I speak for the entire Boston University family in my support of Professor Menino and his family during his fight with this dreaded disease,” says Brown. “I know he will take on this challenge with the optimism and steadfast resolution with which he has approached all of the challenges he has overcome in his wonderful career.”

梅尼诺在担任波士顿市长的20年里，以每天16个小时不间断的工作而闻名，据报道，他没有感到不适，而且仍然非常活跃。 The 全球 reports that he delivered a speech at the independent, nonpartisan 外交关系委员会 in New York after his diagnosis, as well as another at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, and that he visited Red Sox spring training in Florida last week. Next week, according to the 全球, he is scheduled to speak in Rochester, N.Y., and in early April he will travel to New Orleans.

As codirector of BU’s 城市倡议, Menino is looking forward to pondering long-term solutions to the kind of urban challenges he knows well, from finance, infrastructure, and health care to education and environmental sustainability. He also holds regular 办公时间 and sits down to coffee with BU’s 25 学者梅尼诺 every Friday. The IoC, which is affiliated with BU’s 弗雷德里克·s·帕迪长期未来新濠影汇线上赌场研究中心, kicks off on Monday, March 24, with a conference titled 引领城市走出危机：波士顿马拉松的教训. 梅尼诺说，他计划在那里欢迎小组成员。

据报道，他的癌症与近年来困扰他的一系列医疗问题无关。 2012年，他因呼吸道感染和压迫性骨折在医院住了几周。 他被诊断出患有2型糖尿病，去年5月他接受了前列腺肥大手术。 医生说，他最近的癌症诊断与之前的两次癌症发作无关。

In his interview with the 全球, conducted late last week in his office at One Silber Way, Menino was upbeat and determined. “我的态度是，我们会挺过去的，”他告诉记者。 “我们在2012年度过了疾病； 我们会熬过去的。”