Al Roker visits SiriusXM Studios on October 2, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) NBC News mainstay Al Roker announced Friday on “Today” that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed."It's a good news-bad news kind of thing,” Roker said. "Good news is we caught it early.
Not great news is that it's a little aggressive, so I'm going to be taking some time off to take care of this."Roker said the cancer was discovered during a routine checkup. RELATED: Cancer-stricken Rush Limbaugh tells listeners he can no longer deny he's 'under a death sentence'“It’s a little more common than I think people realize, so I just decided that I wanted to go public with it.