Veteran pro Stacey King of Reeds Spring, MO was enjoying a good season on the FLW Tour. He was 26th in Angler of the Year points after posting 3 Top 30 appearances in the first 4 events.

King will miss the last 2 tournaments because he needs to undergo cancer treatment. “They are going to take out my tonsils and also take 3 biopsies,” said King. “There’s a chance the cancer could be in my tonsils, but they’ll be able to tell more after I’ve had the operation.”

Early detection is always important when battling cancer. King’s wake-up call came in the form of swollen lymph nodes about 6 months ago which eventually lead to CT scans and biopsies.

Much is still unknown at this point, but we at AnglersChannel.com wish Stacey a successful and speedy treatment cycle and we certainly hope to see him on the water again in 2015.

Here is the link to FLW Outdoors page with more on Stacey King including photos, his career stats and accomplishments:

http://www.flwoutdoors.com/ap/bio.cfm?mid=175396#!prettyPhoto[pp_gal]/2/