The 82-year-old Jones then told The Dallas Morning News he was initially diagnosed with melanoma in June 2010 and underwent two surgeries on his lung and two on his lymph nodes over the next 10 years.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has credited an experimental trial drug for successfully treating advanced melanoma as he disclosed his cancer diagnosis publicly for the first time.

Jerry Jones sometimes says too much about his Dallas Cowboys. His cancer battle for more than a decade remained a secret though. Jones told the Dallas Morning News that he beat stage 4 melanoma. The Cowboys owner's battle lasted more than a decade, he said, and included four surgeries.