Netanyahu, 76, said on Friday he wanted to share that he is healthy and “in excellent physical condition,” but that he “had a minor medical issue with my prostate that was completely treated.”
“A year and a half ago, I underwent successful surgery for an enlarged benign prostate, and since then I have been under routine medical monitoring,” Netanyahu said. “In the last monitoring, a tiny spot of less than a centimeter was discovered in the prostate. Upon examination, it turned out to be a very early stage of a malignant tumor, with no spread or metastases whatsoever.”
His doctors told him that he had two options, he said: not undergo treatment but continue monitoring the spot, or undergo treatment.
“You already know me,” Netanyahu said. “When I’m given information in time about a potential danger, I want to address it immediately. This is true on the national level and also on the personal level. That’s what I did.”
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