US defence secretary Austin undergoes surgery for prostate cancer

New York: US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery last month and this information was not disclosed to US President Joe Biden, the Pentagon has acknowledged.

A statement from Trauma Medical Director Dr John Maddox and Center for Prostate Disease Research of the Murtha Cancer Center Director Dr Gregory Chesnut at Walter Reed National



Military Medical Center said that Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer early last month.

On December 22, 2023, after consultation with his medical team, the 70-year-old retired four-star general was admitted to the medical centre where he underwent a minimally invasive surgical procedure called a prostatectomy to treat and cure prostate cancer.