Carlos Zapata said his family and his faith helped him through his surgery for prostate cancer and his recovery

DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer Taffet@DallasVoice.com

Carlos Zapata, morning news anchor on Telemundo Channel 39, is back at work NOW after a five-week absence for prostate cancer surgery. Few people knew what Zapata was facing until he posted a video with his husband Travis Gasper just a few days before entering Baylor Hospital.

Prostate cancer is the second-most-deadly cancer in American men; about one in 44 men will die from it. But thanks to early detection and advances in treatment, most men diagnosed with prostate won’t die from the disease.

Since September is prostate cancer awareness month, Zapata thought it was a perfect time to tell his story.

“I’m doing well,”

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