James Pickens Jr. is opening up about his health.

In a new interview, the 71-year-old Grey’s Anatomy actor shared that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The news comes after it was revealed on the Grey’s midseason finale that his character Dr. Richard Webber is also battling cancer.

“It’s not the kind of news anyone wants to hear, but to be honest, prostate cancer has run through my family,” James told Black Health Matters . “My father had it. He had a lot of brothers; several of them had it. I would have been surprised if I hadn’t gotten it.”

“I’ve got a 90-year-old first cousin, who’s still alive, actually, [and] he had it,” he continued. “His son has it, a couple of his brothers had it. No one, as far as I know, has succumbed to it.”

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