1.   A biopsy found cancer, and he had surgery to remove his prostate.

2.   Adding to the complexity is that after surgeons remove a prostate, pathologists look at it through a microscope for malignant cells.

3.   But after a three-hour surgery that removed his prostate, recovery has been quick.

4.   City Comptroller Alan Hevesi told reporters Wednesday that he has prostate cancer and will undergo surgery next week to remove his prostate.

5.   Clinical trials could begin next year involving men having their prostate removed, a procedure usually triggered by cancer.

6.   Doctors, he said, operate and remove the prostate only when they find no evidence that cancer has spread.

7.   He had surgery, the prostate was removed, and Malone is now a strong advocate for prostate screening exams.

8.   He will undergo surgery this month to have his cancerous prostate removed.

9.   If the cancer is totally contained in the prostate and does not spread and the prostate is removed, then the cancer should be eliminated.

10.   Once the prostate is removed, the PSA level should be zero.