Rowe, 24, has had the tumour removed and will now undergo chemotherapy treatment for between six and nine weeks.
Blues Coach Brett Ratten said Rowe had the support of the Club and all of its fans behind him.
“Sam is such a wonderful young man. He has a great support network behind him and we at the Club will do all we can to ensure he is back healthier than ever,” Ratten said.
“He’s already told us that he’ll be ready for pre-season 2013.”
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Carlton named the solidly-built Norwood key forward with its second selection (44 overall) in the 2011 AFL National Draft.
Originally rookied to Sydney through 2006 and ’07, the 24 year-old former Walla Walla big man who joined the South Australian Redlegs in 2008 conceded he wasn’t ready for the rigors of League football during his time at the SCG.
“Looking back, I was a fair way off it then,” Rowe said at the time of his drafting. “I was just out of school and had just turned 18 when I went up there. I was nowhere near my best footy then, and hopefully I’m just getting into it now.
“I always believed I had the ability, but it’s just taken a bit of time to get it all together and feel confident in my game. Hopefully now I can play my role and it will be good enough for Carlton . . . a big, proud football club that’s on the way up again.
“If I can be a part of their successes over the next couple of years then that will be fantastic.”
