Ben Stiller appeared on Today with his surgeon, Dr. Edward Schaeffer, to discuss his health after he revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in June 2014. 22, 2016), Stiller said to Matt Lauer, “I’m doing great. I was really fortunate that my course of treatment was basically an operation and that was it.” “When you’re confronted with the question of do you want to live or do you want to make sure if your sex life is the best it can be, I opted to get rid of the cancer and see what happens and thankfully everything is cool,” Stiller added before urging male viewers to get tested for prostate cancer regularly.