Bret Hart Revealed He Had Been Battling Cancer Since 2013

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross revealed recently during a radio interview that Bret Hart’s prostate surgery was a success, and the Hitman's cancer was a "non-issue" after Hart officially announced his diagnosis in February.

In an interview with WWE.com today, Hart revealed that his cancer diagnosis was revealed to him back in 2013.

"Over the years, I’ve always had regular physicals and exams. At my age, you should be getting checked regularly, and I made a point of doing it. In 2013, I had elevated PSA levels and I had to do a biopsy, and they found cancer in my prostate. They told me then that it was considered a slow growing cancer and they placed me on what they call “active surveillance” and I repeated the PSA test, which is just blood work, and then got another biopsy a bit later on.

In June of 2015, my PSA level had doubled and another biopsy found that the cancer was indeed growing. After a consultation with my doctor, the decision was made to go in for a robotic prostectomy. We set the date for Feb, 10; it wasn’t a rush."

Hart, despite the late announcement on his diagnosis is encouraging men to get checked and talk about this cancer:

"People were going to find out anyway, is what I really thought, so I might as well do some good and shed some light on the awkwardness of talking about it. I also thought there are a lot of men out there who are going to hear about me. There are a lot of statistics that show that one out of 28 men will die from prostate cancer and one in seven will develop prostate cancer.

There are a lot of men out there who are in the exact same shoes as me. They’re hesitant to even go in and get checked. I just wanted to put myself out there. Up here in Canada, it has resulted in a huge influx of men getting checked. I think it’s an illness that a lot of men are reluctant to talk about, reluctant to go in and get checked. They disregard the statistics and percentages of how likely they are to get prostate cancer. I think it was good when I came out publicly."

Click Here to read the full Bret Hart interview on WWE.com