]> http://www.musicinsight.com/taxonomy/view/or/20 en http://www.musicinsight.com/melissa_etheridge_breast_cancer_surgery <a href="http://www.melissaetheridge.com">Melissa Etheridge</a> made a statement on her website Friday, letting her fans know that she was at home recovering from breast cancer surgery. According to Etheridge, doctors removed a tumor and a pair of lymph nodes. Melissa will be undergoing a round of chemotherapy and hopes to begin writing songs and working on a television pilot after her treatment ends. She thanked her fans for their outpouring of support, and urged them to vote in the American presidential elections on November 2nd. <!-- FASTCLICK.COM POP-UNDER CODE v1.8 for musicinsight.com (12 hour) --> <script language="javascript"><!-- var dc=document; var date_ob=new Date(); dc.cookie='h2=o; path=/;';var bust=date_ob.getSeconds(); if(dc.cookie.indexOf('e=llo') <= 0 && dc.cookie.indexOf('2=o') > 0){ dc.write('<scr'+'ipt language="javascript" src="http://media.fastclick.net'); dc.write('/w/pop.cgi?sid=511&m=2&tp=2&v=1.8&c='+bust+'"></scr'+'ipt>'); date_ob.setTime(date_ob.getTime()+43200000); dc.cookie='he=llo; path=/; expires='+ date_ob.toGMTString();} // --> </script> <!-- FASTCLICK.COM POP-UNDER CODE v1.8 for musicinsight.com --> Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:07:34 -0800