Al Roker has revealed he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed. The “Today” weather forecaster, 66, explained on Friday’s show that he wanted to share his story to raise awareness of the disease.
He was diagnosed on September 29. Roker highlighted the fact that one in seven African-American men, one in nine men overall, would be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. “It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing,” Roker told viewers. “Good news is we caught it early.
Not great news is that it’s a little aggressive, so I’m going to be taking some time off to take care of this.” RELATED: Al Roker Offers Update After Total Shoulder Replacement: ‘And Scene!’ Roker is set to
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