By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters<\/p>\n
Long-time meteorologist and morning TV co-host Al Roker said Friday that he has prostate cancer<\/a> and will have surgery next week to have his prostate removed.<\/p>\n The 66-year-old made the announcement on NBC’s “Today,” and said he hopes to be back on the show in about two weeks, CBS News<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n “It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing,” Roker said. “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.”<\/p>\n Roker’s surgery will be performed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer<\/a> Center in New York City, and will be conducted by Dr. Vincent Laudone, who spoke about Roker’s diagnosis on “Today” on Friday, CBS News <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n “Fortunately, his cancer<\/a> appears somewhat limited or confined to the prostate, but because it’s more aggressive, we wanted to treat it, and after discussion regarding all of the different options — surgery, radiation<\/a>, focal therapy — we settled on removing the prostate,” Laudone said.<\/p>\n ![\"MedicalNews\"](\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/HealthDay\/healthday.png\")
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