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The actor opened up about his diagnosis in a recent interview with Black Health Matters, where he noted that he has a family history of prostate cancer.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not the kind of news anyone wants to hear, but to be honest, prostate cancer has run through my family. My father had it. He had a lot of brothers; several of them had it,\u201d he said. \u201cI would have been surprised if I hadn\u2019t gotten it.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Pickens Jr. revealed his doctors told him they were \u201cable to catch it so early because you were being tested,\u201d as he explained that he was referred to a urologist after undergoing a routine physical where his PSA levels were examined.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went back in January, and when my PSA numbers came back, my primary said, \u2018Yeah,…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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