Sandy Alderson had successful surgery in his fight with cancer last week, the New York Mets general manager said.

Alderson was diagnosed with cancer only days after the Mets clinched the National League East last September.

"The doctors were able to do everything they hoped to do, and avoid everything they hoped to avoid," he said. "From where we were to where we are today, I'm still on a road to full recovery. I'm not running a four-minute mile at the moment, and my mouth is still dry from time to time, but that's what happens when you have surgery."

Alderson has been working a somewhat-reduced schedule, but he plans to be at Citi Field in some capacity every day. He had been undergoing chemotherapy, which he also termed "very successful."

He hasn't said what form of cancer he has, and he declined to discuss it Tuesday.