Ben Stiller counts himself as one of the 180,000 American men every year who are battling prostate cancer.
On a recent episode of “The Howard Stern Show,” the actor went public with his diagnosis of a “mid-range aggressive” form of prostate cancer in 2014, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Thankfully, Stiller, who was 48 at the time, has been free of the disease for two years after a successful surgery. Now, he's made it his mission to educate people about how to effectively detect and treat prostate cancer.
“It came out of the blue for me,” Stiller explained. “I had no idea.”
The “Zoolander” actor and his surgeon appeared on the radio show to praise the PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test, which helps indicate the presence of prostate-cancer-related antigens in the blood.
This is a developing story.
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