Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, who still hasn't practiced yet, has been deemed healthy and cleared to start returning to football activities following a cancer scare, trainer Rick Burkholder said Wednesday.

Burkholder said, barring a setback, Maclin will return to practice within 10 days and should be able to play in the Sept. 11 opener at St. Louis.

Jeremy Maclin was cleared to return to football activities and should be able to play by Week 1. AP Photo/Brian Garfinkel

Burkholder said Maclin began experiencing symptoms -- night sweats, fever, loss of weight, loss of appetite -- in March, synonymous with lymphoma, a form of cancer. But a five-month battery of tests taken in both Philadelphia and St. Louis came back inconclusive, and not until Wednesday, was Maclin finally cleared of all serious conditions.

Maclin, in an interview with FoxSports.com, tried to clear the air after his mysterious ailment caused the rumor mill to ramp into high gear.

"That's first and foremost, I want everyone to know I'm fine, I'm healthy," Maclin told FoxSports.com on Wednesday. "I was tested for everything and every single test came back negative. I don't have mono, I don't have AIDS, leukemia, all the things people were guessing on, there was nothing. I was being tested for lymphoma and thank God everything has come back negative.

"I wanted my privacy on this until I had answers. I don't like to talk unless I have all the answers about what I'm talking about. It was frustrating to hear all the rumors about me. It wasn't until this morning that I finally got my final answer and thankfully I'm healthy and ready to return to football."

Maclin underwent a laparoscopy procedure last Thursday so doctors could get a clearer biopsy than previous tests had provided, ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen reported. The results came back Wednesday, and were negative.

Maclin was tested for HIV and numerous other diseases and underwent several tests, including scans. He also consulted with a hematologist, an oncologist and an infectious disease specialist, among others.

"Frankly," Burkholder said, "nobody could come up with a definitive diagnosis."

Sources familiar with his medical review told ESPN's Mortensen that Maclin also underwent a bone marrow test and also had a biopsy of his lymph nodes that was negative.

Burkholder said in a conference call from Pittsburgh, where the Eagles face the Steelers in a preseason game Thursday, that Maclin's symptoms disappeared at some point before late July. He said the cause of the symptoms remains "vague."

"We're confident that the life-threatening stuff is out of the mix," Burkholder said.