Lakeville Chamber Director's Prognosis Good in Cancer Battle

executive director Todd Bornhauser told members in an email this week that his prostate cancer battle is going well.

After spending more than two months undergoing radiation treatments and working part-time this winter, Bornhauser said the cancer indicator—the prostate specific antigen (PSA)—in his blood has dipped to zero.

"I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers and support during the past three years," he wrote in the email.

He's also urging men to get tested for prostate cancer.

"To all of the men in the chamber over the age of 50, you need to get your PSA tested on a yearly basis. In addition, anyone with a family history of prostate cancer should be getting tested by the age of 40," Bornhauser said.

Bornhauser was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009, having his prostate gland removed in June of that year. But even then, he acknowledged the surgery wasn't likely to be the end of his treatments.

Last year, he disclosed the cancer was actually beginning to spread, with his PSA numbers spiking. That's when he began radiation treatments.

While Bornhauser said the test isn't fool proof, it's a good indicator.

"To put it into perspective, on my first test seven years ago after my dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer, my PSA was a 22," he wrote. "It reached a high of 57 before my surgery, and now is a 0.0."