Warren Buffett says he has Early Prostate Cancer

CREATED Apr. 17, 2012

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Warren Buffett is telling shareholders in an open letter he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer. 

The 81-year-old billionaire investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. says in the letter, released Tuesday, that his condition is "not remotely life-threatening" or debilitating. 

Buffett's letter says he and his doctors have decided on a two-month treatment plan to begin in mid-July. 

Buffett says he was diagnosed April 11 and has received tests including a CAT scan, a bone scan and an MRI. 

He says he feels "great - as if I were in my normal excellent health." 

The cancer was detected with a routine prostate cancer test.

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