James Tyree, the Mesirow Financial chief executive who nearly four years ago had a kidney and pancreas transplant,  has been diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Tyree said he doesn’t know the stage of the cancer yet.

“I’ll find that out over the next few days,” he told the Tribune in a phone interview from his office, where he continues to work every day. “They did more tests to find out if it has spread anywhere else,” he said, noting that it’s currently in his stomach and one lymph node. Get the full story »