Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer but that the disease is not life threatening and he will continue to perform his duties. JERUSALEM (AP) _ Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer and would soon have surgery, but said the disease is not life-threatening and he would continue to perform his duties. According to Cancer Research UK, more than 670,000 men worldwide are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year - one in nine of all new cancers in men, making it the second-most common cancer in men after lung cancer. Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, announced that her breast cancer had returned, and White House spokesman Tony Snow recently had surgery for cancer that spread to his liver. read more

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