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Accenture CEO Julie Sweet diagnosed with breast cancer; expects to continue leading company during treatment
Accenture plc
- Diagnosis caught early; prognosis 'excellent' and condition curable; PET scan shows no cancer elsewhere.
- Surgery next week; expected treatment includes radiation lasting 12 to 16 weeks.
- Sweet says she will work 'substantially as normal' leading day-to-day operations throughout treatment; will curtail travel.
- Board has been briefed and is fully supportive; Global Management Committee will support operations.