Feder: Channel 5's Stafford off air for medical leave

Rob Stafford, veteran broadcast journalist and principal news anchor at WMAQ-Channel 5, said Wednesday he will undergo a bone-marrow transplant and chemotherapy to treat a rare blood disorder. "My prognosis is very good," he said.

Stafford, 58, told colleagues at the NBC-owned station he will be treated at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for amyloidosis, an incurable condition that has affected his kidneys.

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