Ben Stiller: a Blood Test 'Saved My Life'

Actor diagnosed with prostate cancer 2 years ago
By Arden Dier,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 4, 2016 9:31 AM CDT
Ben Stiller: a Blood Test 'Saved My Life'
Ben Stiller in London in February.   (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Ben Stiller says he survived prostate cancer thanks to a routine test. The 50-year-old actor told the Howard Stern Show on Tuesday that a blood test used to screen for prostate cancer—known as a prostate-specific antigen test—first showed cause for alarm before an MRI and biopsy confirmed he had the disease two years ago, per US Weekly. "At first, I didn't know what was going to happen," he said, per People. Stiller says he's now beat the disease, but wants others to know a PSA test "saved my life" and could save others, too. "Every six months I'm taking my PSA test to make sure I'm clear," he says. (More Ben Stiller stories.)

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