James Pickens Jr. Says He Was Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer And Urges Men To Get Screened

James Pickens Jr., who has played Dr. Richard Webber connected Grey’s Anatomy for each 22 seasons, announced helium has prostate cancer.

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“It’s not the benignant of quality anyone wants to hear, but to beryllium honest, prostate crab has tally done my family,” he said to Black Health Matters recently. “My begetter had it. He had a batch of brothers; respective of them had it. I would person been amazed if I hadn’t gotten it.”

Pickens said helium has been regularly monitored for prostate-specific antigen levels since his 40s.

“My urologist said, ‘Because you were truthful diligent successful that portion of your health, it was to your advantage. We were capable to drawback it truthful aboriginal due to the fact that you were being tested,’” helium told the publication.

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Pickens was diagnosed successful 2024, and said helium opted to have his full prostate removed due to the fact that his doctors “wanted to err connected the broadside of caution.”

On the show, Pickens’ quality besides revealed helium had crab successful Season 22’s midseason finale, People noted.

“I’ve got a 90-year-old archetypal cousin, who’s inactive alive, actually; helium had it,” Pickens said. “His lad has it. A mates of his brothers had it. No one, arsenic acold arsenic I know, has succumbed to it.”

See Pickens' station with Black Health Matters astir the value of getting screened for prostate crab below:

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