Warren Buffett diagnosed with prostate cancer

Warren Buffett, the billionaire founder of Berkshire Hathaway, disclosed on Tuesday that he has stage-one prostate cancer.

The 81-year-old business magnate told shareholders in a letter that his condition was “not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way”, adding: “I feel great – as if I were in my normal excellent health – and my energy level is 100 per cent.”

“Grade one tumours are considered the least aggressive in behaviour and typically the slowest growing,” said Dr Karen Thornton, a New York-based physician…   (more)

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