# Robert Deniro Has Cancer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-deniro-has-cancer/208923>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 22, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-deniro-has-cancer/208923 "2003-10-22T16:13:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-deniro-has-cancer/208923/1 "2003-10-22T16:13:20Z")

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I heard this on the news last night but didn’t hear the full details. Does anyone know the scoop? I googled Robert + cancer and didn’t get a single hit.

Anyone?

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-deniro-has-cancer/208923/2 "2003-10-22T16:17:11Z")

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Prostate. They caught it early; with luck, he’ll be just fine.

One of the NY tabloids’ cover yesterday was, “ **DE NIRO CANCER SHOCK!!** ” I thought, yeah, who would ever imagine a middle-aged man getting prostate cancer?! Now, if Susan Sarandon had prostate cancer,\* that\* would be a shock . . .

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-deniro-has-cancer/208923/3 "2003-10-22T16:18:40Z")

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[Prostate Cancer](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/20/deniro.cancer/index.html).

He should be OK, as it was detected quite early.