Al Roker Says Beating Prostate Cancer Enabled Him to Meet Granddaughter [Video]

In September 2020, amid the COVID pandemic, TODAY show weatherman Al Roker was thinking about postponing his annual physical. But, he decided to make the appointment.

It was one of the best decisions Roker, 69, ever made because it led to his diagnosis of an aggressive form of prostate cancer, which he thankfully caught early.

On November 9, 2020, the popular TODAY co-host underwent surgery at New York City’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to remove his prostate, lymph nodes and some surrounding tissue.

Today, his Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA)  levels are below 1, which is considered undetectable.

Roker is sharing his journey in part to remind other men, particularly Black men who are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer, to get checked.

He says he feels blessed that he caught the aggressive cancer early, since he is so close to his wife, ABC News’ senior national affairs correspondent …