Dr. LaKeshia N. Myers

By LaKeshia N. Myers

In 1993, Richard Roundtree was diagnosed with breast cancer. The actor who had personified the role of “Shaft” in the 1970s says he was shocked when he received the diagnosis.

“I heard the cancer part first — it was only later that I heard the breast part. I couldn’t believe it.” For years after his diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer, Roundtree kept quiet about his status as a cancer survivor.

According to ABC News, Roundtree chose to break his silence at a celebrity golf tournament to raise money for a mobile breast cancer diagnostic unit. “I just got up and told everybody that I was a breast cancer survivor. The room was totally silent,” he says, laughing. “I think it dawned on people that men can be affected by this, too.”

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