A longtime Grey’s Anatomy star has revealed that he was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.

While speaking to Black Health Matters, James Pickens Jr., who has appeared in all 22 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, talked about his recent prostate cancer diagnosis.

“It’s not the kind of news anyone wants to hear,” he explained. “But to be honest, prostate cancer has run through my family. 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.”

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

The Grey’s Anatomy castmate also said that due ot his family’s history, he started PSA scr

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