It's the sequel no one wanted to see: Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert, who battled back from cancer three times before, will be undergoing cancer surgery again.

The Pulitzer Prize winner and host of the nationally syndicated movie review show "Ebert & Roeper" said Wednesday he will have surgery June 16 -- two days before his 64th birthday -- to remove a malignant growth on his salivary gland.

"It is not life threatening, and I expect to make a full recovery," he said. "I'll continue to function as a film critic during this time".

Ebert had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on his thyroid gland in 2002 and two surgeries on his salivary gland in 2003.



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