Beware Harry Potter ~ Wizards can get PCa...

So, if you are diagnosed early - no problem. Glad he shared, but misinformation.

To see what he really said about PCa you'd have to go to the original unedited interview. Often they take some sound bites from a person's interview and scatter paraphrases around an article that doesn't always reflect every nuance of what they said. He may very well know how horrible the disease is for many people and it was the intention of the press to play up the optimism. After all he does mention the disease going on a "rampage."

Back in 1981 when I was entering collage, I was interviewed by a local newspaper asking me why I chose to go to a local college rather than out of state, and I told them that I liked being in New York because I was a big fan of the theater and liked the arts and New York was "where it's at!"

When the article was published, I was quoted as saying, "I want to be an actor, and New York is where all the theaters are."

So I've always mistrusted articles that scatter around paraphrases rather than transcribe everything the person said.

Just had a search of the web and found an update that says he hasn't got PCa and what he said was taken out of context:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/12/ian-mckellen-does-not-have-prostate-cancer-agent-says/

Alf

So, I guess we've established that he either has, or doesn't have, prostate cancer.  Gee, I'm glad that's all cleared up.

In any case, we've been told by Sir McKellen that it's a disease that is "totally treatable," and that even though a lot of men die from it, that's only because they didn't know they had it and so it went on a "rampage."  Thank God.  Now that we've all been treated, I guess we never have to worry about it "going on a rampage" or that we'll die from it.

Really, all you have to do is have it "zapped" or have it "snipped" and you'll be right as rain!!!!

Thanks, your Lordship, or whatever the appropriate appellation might be, for trivializing a disease that will kill 30,000 men this year.  And I'll bet a lot of them were snipped and zapped and still are losing their lives.