Rod Stewart Admits To A Secret Three-year Battle With Prostate Cancer

Sep 16, 2019 by apost team

Rod Stewart opened up at fundraising event about battling prostate cancer after being diagnosed three years ago. He revealed that he has beaten the disease and urged the audience to go in for frequent check-ups to their doctors.

The English rocker attended an event where he revealed he was diagnosed with Prostate cancer in February 2016 during a routine check-up.

“No one knows this, but I thought this was about time I told everybody,” he said as cited by The Independent. “I’m in the clear now, simply because I caught it early. I have so many tests.” The musician went into remission in July. 

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However, he didn’t hold back when telling the men in the audience to go get checked out.

“Guys, you’ve got to really go to the doctor. Finger up the bum, no harm done,”the rocker cheekily said to the audience.

Stewart was attending the event to help raise money for the  Prostate Project. Prostate Project president Tim Sharp told The Mirror: Experience has shown what a big difference high-profile celebrities can make when they ‘come out’ about their cancer.

“We have no doubt that Sir Rod’s decision to announce his fight with the disease will be equally effective.”

According to Cancer.net, Prostate cancer is the "most common cancer among men, except for skin cancer."

The website also claimed that an estimated 174,650 men in the US will be diagnosed with prostate cancer by the end of 2019. Of those cases, approximately 60% of the patients will be over 65 years of age. 

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