Al Roker, Today show weatherman and host, reveals prostate cancer diagnosis

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Al Roker reveals prostate cancer diagnosis

Roker will be undergoing surgery next week at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Al Roker announced Friday on "TODAY" that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed.

The 66-year-old TODAY weatherman and co-host explained he wanted to publicly reveal his diagnosis to spotlight the fact that 1 in 7 African American men, 1 in 9 men overall, will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime...

 

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Al Roker is set to undergo surgery to remove his prostate.

On Friday, Nov. 6, the beloved Today weatherman revealed that he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer following a routine checkup in September. "It's a good news-bad news kind of thing," he shared. "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."...