The National Basketball Association’s first openly gay player, Jason Collins, says he may only have one year to live due to his brain cancer.

In an interview with ESPN , the former NBA star said he has Stage 4 glioblastoma, a type of cancer that attacks healthy tissue in the brain or spinal cord.

In September, Collins’ family announced that the 47-year-old had a brain tumour . Collins said he first started suffering from symptoms in the summer and tried to fight through them at first.

Things became more concerning in August after Collins said he couldn’t focus while packing for a trip to the U.S. Open with his husband, film producer Brunson Green.

A CT scan revealed Collins had Stage 4 glioblastoma. Collins said it had already spread in both hemispheres of his brain.

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