Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame center Alonzo Mourning underwent surgery to remove his prostate after a diagnosis of Stage 3 prostate cancer, Mourning told ESPN.
Additional testing revealed that the cancer did not spread beyond his prostate capsule and his mid-March procedure has left him cancer free.
In an interview with ESPN, Mourning -- a seven-time All-Star, NBA champion and Olympic gold medalist in his 15-year career -- described how routine prostate cancer screening played an enormous role in the discovery and treatment of a cancer form that kills 1-in-44 men in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.