Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent a prostatectomy late last month, Fox News has learned.
Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on December 22, 2023, and underwent a minimally invasive surgical procedure called prostatectomy to treat and cure prostate cancer.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin remains hospitalized a week after suffering server pain after an elective procedure, the Pentagon announced Monday. (Ian Waldie/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Secretary Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on January 1, 2024, with complications from the procedure, including nausea accompanied by severe pain in his abdomen, hips, and legs.
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