On the midseason finale of Grey’s Anatomy, we found out that Dr. Webber was diagnosed with prostate cancer. His character is not the only one who was diagnosed with; the actor got the same news earlier this year.
In 2024, he had his PSA tested; it was slightly elevated but still within the normal range. He went back in January, and this time it was higher. So after an MRI and a biopsy, he found out that, like almost all of the men in his family, he had prostate cancer.
He told Black Health Matters, “It’s not the kind of news anyone wants to hear, but to be honest, prostate cancer has run through my family. My father had it. He had a lot of brothers; several of them had it. I would have been surprised if I hadn’t gotten it.”
Because it runs in his family, the 73-year-old has been getting tested since he was in his early 40s. And that early detection worked to his advantage.
The doctors recommended he get his prostate removed because it was caught so early, and that was the course of treatment he went with.
If prostate cancer is caught early enough, it is curable. So go to your doctor and let them test your blood. That is all it takes to possibly save your life.
