Llyod Austin: US Secretary of Defense apologizes for hiding cancer. Austin was treated for prostate cancer.
He only informed the White House about it in January. Now he admitted his mistakes and also explained why he initially kept his illness to himself. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the United States after nonmelanoma skin cancer. In the early stages, the chances of recovery are generally good. The prostate (prostate gland) is an organ the size of a walnut that surrounds the base of the urethra in men.