Farrakhan Cancer Relapse

Louis Farrakhan's personal doctor says the Muslim leader has had a cancer relapse, but denies he is near death.

The doctor was responding to a report in the Nation of Islam paper, The Final Call, that Farrakhan was seriously ill with an undiagnosed illness.

Farrakhan's doctor says the he has suffered a setback with a recurrence of prostate cancer and is taking a four-month sabbatical.

The 65-year-old Farrakhan was first treated for prostate cancer in 1991.