Barnaby Joyce receives ‘overwhelming good prognosis' after cancer removal surgery
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce discusses his recovery after he received surgery to remove his prostate.
Mr Joyce has urged all men over 40 to get a PSA [prostate-specific antigen] from their GP's.
'That's an overwhelming good prognosis, and that's what I expected at the start,' Mr Joyce told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
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