Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who is being treated for advanced prostate cancer, told his colleagues in a letter that “the news is largely good” regarding his health.

“While I still incur back pain due to the cancer in my bones, I otherwise continue to face an improving prognosis for the time being,” he wrote last week.

Miller, 76, said his levels of akaline phosphates, which can indicate problems in the bones or liver, as well as those of prostate-specific antigens, which indicate prostate cancer levels, have both dropped. He also said he’s being treated with an injectable form of radiation called radium-223. Miller wrote when that regimen is completed, “my medical team will once again re-evaluate next steps.” Miller told fellow senators in recent weeks, he’s taken care of issues in his southern Maryland district, worked at his law practice and spent time with his family.

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