NBC TODAY: Boston Globe Reporter Opens Up About Experience Fighting Prostate Cancer

Boston Globe reporter Mark Shanahan sat down with NBC’s TODAY to discuss his experience fighting prostate cancer and the launch of his new podcast, Mr. 80%, to confront cultural attitudes about masculinity, controversies surrounding screening and treatment, and his own biggest fear: that his diagnosis would wreck the healthy sex life he enjoyed with his wife.

Watch the full interview. 

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