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New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

Aired April 27, 2000 - 10:01 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: CNN has learned that New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will announce at any moment now that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. That disease, which is being diagnosed in increasing numbers, is no stranger to the Giuliani family. The mayor's father suffered from prostate cancer and died back in 1981. The mayor, now at the age of 55, expected to meet with reporters any time. We're watching and monitoring City Hall from Manhattan. We'll have that for you when it happens.

In the meantime, though, we want to bring in Dr. Steve Salvatore and talk about the disease in general.

Very common, Doctor, as you well know, as you've been tracking this for many year. But, again, it is also a very treatable disease as well. Let's talk about, first, how common is it?

DR. STEVE SALVATORE, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bill, you know, amazingly, the numbers for prostate cancer are about the same for breast cancer -- about the same number of occurrences and about the same number of deaths: roughly about 40,000 deaths per year. But prostate cancer, for some reason, doesn't get as much attention. I think men need to get on that stick for that.

But, basically, prostate cancer is fairly common. There have been some new findings that maybe diet can play a role, Vitamin E might play a role, and also lycopenes, which are found in tomatoes, might play a role.

Prostate cancer -- about -- let's see, this year they project 180,000 cases will be diagnosed in the year 2000, and 31,900 deaths are expected this year alone -- Bill.

HEMMER: Doctor, why is it within the medical community that it's becoming easier to go ahead and treat prostate cancer?

SALVATORE: Well, the amazing thing, Bill, is that it's been detected earlier thanks to a blood test called PSA. It used to be that men, if they would even go to their doctor to get checked -- and that's a huge problem in itself -- would only get a digital, rectal exam, which means, basically, his doctor would put the finger in the rectum and feel the prostate for a tumor. And as you can imagine, that's not a wonderful test.

Fortunately, in recent years, there's been a test called a PSA, prostate-specific antigen test, which has made diagnosing prostate cancer much easier and much earlier. And as you know, if you catch cancer early, you have a better chance of curing it and treating it.

HEMMER: I just mentioned the mayor is 55 years of age. What do doctors recommend: After 50 get the check, or now is it after the age of 40?

SALVATORE: I believe it's after the age of 50. The thing is, though, that men should always consider these types of tests, especially at an earlier age if you have a family history of prostate cancer. That's the most important thing to consider. The mayor is wise to get checked out. Let's just hope he caught it early and won't have any problems.

HEMMER: Indeed, you're right. Hopefully, will we -- we'll get new details coming up shortly.

Dr. Steve Salvatore, live in New York.

We'll go back to New York City Hall there again, a live picture now as we await the mayor and more details about that story developing this morning in Manhattan. So stay tuned for that.

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