Colin Powell
Secretary of State Powell was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003 at age 66 and had the gland removed. As a prostate cancer survivor, Powell became a supporter and advocate for the Prostate Conditions Education Council. “When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 66, I wasn’t terribly surprised or shocked,” Powell told Black Doctor.org. “For the five years before that, I had been going for very regular checkups, and my PSA was always high. It floated up and down. PSA alone doesn’t indicate cancer, it just says something is going on,” Powell continued. “At that point, I knew sooner or later that something would show up. And because I’m black, I have a higher propensity for prostate cancer than white folks do.”
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