Mayor Tourville: 'I Have Prostate Cancer'

Mayor George Tourville announced Monday evening that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. 

He is scheduled to undergo surgery first thing Wednesday morning.  

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Doctors told Tourville that while they're unsure how advanced his condition is, he should expect a two- to three-month recovery period.

"It better go a lot faster than that," Tourville said in a phone call to Patch. 

Tourville also took a moment to give a piece of advice to all men. 

"My whole thing is for guys to make sure they get their annual physicals. Mine was detected during a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. I know there is some controversy surrounding [PSA tests] but I had no symptoms."

Tourville also agreed to speak with Patch for a larger story about men's health following the procedure.