Eric Braeden, 'The Young and the Restless' actor, announces cancer diagnosis in emotional video.

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revealed in a moving Facebook Live video that he is currently battling cancer.

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As you age, your prostate enlarges, he said. Braeden disclosed that he needed a catheter to be inserted because he was having trouble going to the bathroom.

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"I was close to Cedars-Sinai Hospital and decided to visit the urology department because, what the heck, I'll just go there.

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