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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Ben Stiller reveals prostate cancer diagnosis : jta





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Ben Stiller reveals prostate cancer diagnosis

Ben Stiller reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
Ben Stiller reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
(JTA) — American actor and comedian Ben Stiller revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago.Due to early detection Stiller, 50, was able to undergo treatment for the disease and has been cancer-free since, he said in an interview Tuesday on SiriusXM's "The Howard Stern Show." He published an essay about his ordeal on medium.com that appeared online during the Stern interview.He credited an early screening for prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, for his good result.His doctor had ordered the baseline test for Stiller when he was 46, despite the fact that Stiller did not have a family history of the disease and was not officially in a high-risk category.


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Hollywood actor Ben Stiller says early detection of prostate cancer saved his life

Hollywood actor Ben Stiller says early detection of prostate cancer saved his life
Hollywood actor Ben Stiller says early detection of prostate cancer saved his life
Home » WorldHOLLYWOOD actor Ben Stiller revealed on Tuesday that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago and he survived it due to early detection and surgery."It came out of the blue for me," the 50-year-old said in a radio interview."I had no idea."Stiller said it was a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, a simple blood test he received during his annual physical examination that saved his life.


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Ben Stiller credits prostate cancer test for saving his life

Ben Stiller credits prostate cancer test for saving his life
Ben Stiller credits prostate cancer test for saving his life
Ben Stiller credits prostate cancer test for saving his lifeNEW YORK -- Ben Stiller on Tuesday revealed that he battled prostate cancer in 2014, and he credits the test that diagnosed the cancer with saving his life.In an essay posted on the website Medium, Stiller recounted his experience with prostate cancer in detail.He compared the moment of being informed by his urologist that he had cancer to his own "Breaking Bad" scene."His voice literally faded out like every movie or TV show about a guy being told he had cancer ... a classic Walter White moment, except I was me and no one was filming anything at all," wrote Stiller.


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