Deion Sanders reveals he fought bladder cancer

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Deion Sanders needed to have his bladder removed after he was diagnosed with cancer over the offseason, doctors announced at Colorado University on Monday.

The Buffaloes head coach and medical officials held a news conference to address his health issues. 

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Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders speaks to the media at the University of Colorado NFL Showcase at the CU Indoor Practice Facility in Boulder, Colorado, on April 4, 2025. (Michael Ciaglo-Imagn Images)

"Men, everybody, get checked out. Because if it wasn’t for me getting tested for something else, they wouldn’t have stumbled up on this," he said. "Make sure you get the right care because without wonderful people like this, I wouldn’t be sitting here today becaue it grew so expeditiously. But please get yourself checked."

Colorado assistant athletic trainer Lauren Askevold and Dr. Janet Kukreja at UC Health broke down the timeline of Sanders’ diagnosis and surgery.

Askevold said Sanders had an ACT scan of his vascular pattern to check up on whether his blood clots were away. She said everything was fine from a vascular standpoint until Sanders’ primary care doctor wanted to refer coach prime to a urologist. The doctor conducted a procedure and then referred him to Kukreja, the director of urological oncology at UC Health.

Sanders’ primary care doctor said that the coach had a bladder tumor, according to Askevold.

"We proceeded with the removal of the bladder tumor. We removed the tumor. It was very high grade, invading through the bladder wall, not into the muscle layer, something we call high-risk