When travel writer Rick Steves, 70, switched insurance providers, he visited a new doctor, who suggested Steves undergo a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. Steves agreed.

“He called me two days later and said, ‘You’ve got a serious problem. You’ve got a PSA of 55 and you’ve got prostate cancer,’” Steves tells TODAY.com. “It was all hands on deck to change over to: How are we going to address that prostate?”

Having a PSA level over 10 increases one’s likelihood of having prostate cancer, says the American Cancer Society. Steves says he wants to share his story to increase awareness of PSA testing and prostate cancer.

“If I can help people be more mindful and smart with their health, especially as they get into the age that I’m at, that’s a beautiful thing to do with my celebrity,”

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