Deadliest Catch star Wild Bill Wichrowski is opening up about his experience with prostate cancer, in the hopes that sharing his journey will help others in a similar situation. Season 19 of the Discovery Channel reality series ended with Wichrowski learning that he’d been diagnosed with cancer. The show’s 20th season, which premieres June 11, will follow the crab fisherman as he undergoes treatment for the disease.
The ‘Deadliest Catch’ star got bad news from his doctor In a clip from the upcoming season (via X ), a subdued Wichrowski listens as he gets a sobering update from this doctor. “You do have prostate cancer,” the doctor says. “And it needs to be treated aggressively.
” Getting such news would be a blow to anyone. But Wichrowski was determined to meet this latest challenge head-on. “When I heard it, one of the things I thought was, you know, I’m not going to stop.
I’m going to keep going until I actually can’t,” he says. Prostate cancer is the second-most-common cancer in men after skin cancer, according to the Cleveland Clinic . Thirteen out of every 100 people with a prostate will develop prostate cancer at some point in their lives, with the risk of diagnosis increasing as people age.
Prostate cancer kills roughly 34,000 people per year. Fortunately, the disease is highly treatable if it is caught early, which is why doctors recommend regular screenings for people over the age of 55 who are at average risk. High-risk individuals may need .
