Stephen Fry Reveals He Has Prostate Cancer: ‘This Was Quite An Aggressive Little Bugger’
8 years ago Lily Garner
Stephen Fry Reveals He Has Prostate Cancer: 'This Was Quite An Aggressive Little Bugger'
British actor Stephen Fry has been secretly battling prostate cancer, he announced in a Twitter video post on Friday.
"For the last 2 months I've been in the throes of a rather unwelcome and unexpected adventure. I'm sorry I haven't felt able to talk about it till now, but here I am explaining what has been going on," Stephen shared alongside a video explaining his difficult journey.
Stephen revealed that he found out about his cancer diagnosis after a routine physical from his doctor before Christmas that showed he had higher than average PSA levels. He then had an MRI and transrectal biopsy, before doctors diagnosed him with adenocarcinoma, a type of cancerous tumor.
Stephen underwent surgery and had 11 lymph nodes and his prostate taken out in January and noted that his cancer was particularly aggressive.
"This was quite an aggressive little bugger," Fry shared in h..