— Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez continues to recover after undergoing surgery to remove what turned out to be a cancerous tumor. Subsequent tests found no evidence that the cancer had spread and his prognosis is excellent, doctors have told him.“I have already survived cancer once so I am sensitive to my body and I recently felt something was not right,” Cortez said. He initially consulted with his son-in-law who is an internist practicing in San Antonio.His son-in-law immediately made arrangements in San Antonio to evaluate the Judge and, upon discovery of a mass, to remove the mass intact.The ...