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What do these men have in common?
06/01/09
Ok, pop quiz: What do these men have in common?
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell
Singer Harry Belafonte
Golfer Arnold Palmer
Former South African President Nelson Mandela
Musician Frank Zappa
Answer…
They all had prostate cancer.
Breast cancer is talked about all the time among the rich and famous, so it seems, but prostate cancer – not so much. Luckily, there are famous men who are speaking out about their diagnosis and battles with the disease. The more who talk, hopefully the more men will get the message about prostate cancer screening.
Colin Powell had localized prostate cancer for which he had surgery in 2003. He was 66 at the time of diagnosis and all seems well up to now.
In 1997, Harry Belafonte was the subject of this very interesting article on his battle with pros…
Original post by Cancer Commentary and software by Elliott Back
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