Famed billionaire investor Warren Buffett has been diagnosed with stage-1 prostate cancer, according to Bloomberg TV and other reports. Berkshire Hathaway, the firm where the 81-year-old Buffett is CEO, said the diagnosis "isn’t remotely life threatening."
　　Buffett said in a letter to shareholders Tuesday that he received his diagnosis last Wednesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. He added that the scans that detected the prostate cancer "showed no incidence of cancer elsewhere in my body." He wrote that he plans to begin a two-month daily regimen of radiation treatment starting in mid-July.
　　Buffett added that he would let shareholders know "immediately" if his health situation changes.
　　"Eventually, of course, it will; but I believe that day is a long way off," Buffett wrote in the letter.
　　Buffett’s successor is a constant topic of speculation among the financial community. He said in February that the company has someone in mind to take his place once he steps down, but he emphasized at the time that he had no plans to leave his post.
　　Buffett told CBS’ 60 Minutes that he wants his son Howard to become a "non-executive chairman" of the company after the elder Buffett dies. The position would give Howard a role in directing the strategy of the company, but he wouldn’t be paid.
　　快讯：17日，现年81岁的股神巴菲特在向伯克希尔-哈撒韦的股东们的致信里公开承认自己已确诊患上了早期前列腺癌，但他同时也表示目前健康状况良好，患癌不会危及生命。在接班人问题上，巴菲特表示自己目前无意退出，而且在寻找接班人上已取得进展。巴菲特还毫不避亲地多次推荐自己的儿子霍华德担任公司高管。
　　附：巴菲特的公开信
　　FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 17,2012
　　Omaha, NE(BRK.A;BRK.B)
　　To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway:
　　This is to let you know that I have been diagnosed with stage I prostate cancer. The good news is that I’ve been told by my doctors that my condition is not remotely lifethreatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way. I received my diagnosis last Wednesday. I then had a CAT scan and a bone scan on Thursday, followed by an MRI today. These tests showed no incidence of cancer elsewhere in my body.
　　My doctors and I have decided on a two-month treatment of daily radiation to begin in mid-July. This regimen will restrict my travel during that period, but will not otherwise change my daily routine.
　　I feel great as if I were in my normal excellent health and my energy level is 100 percent. I discovered the cancer because my PSA level (an indicator my doctors had regularly checked for many years) recently jumped beyond its normal elevation and a biopsy seemed warranted.
　　I will let shareholders know immediately should my health situation change. Eventually,of course, it will; but I believe that day is a long way off.
　　Warren E. Buffett
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　　致伯克希尔-哈撒韦股东：
　　在此告知各位我已被诊断患一期前列腺癌症。好消息是医生告知我的病情远不危及生命，甚至不会显著影响身体机能。上周三我接受了诊断，周四做了CAT扫描和骨扫描，今天（周三）做了核磁共振。这些检查均未显示身体其余部分患癌。
　　医生和我本人决定，从7月中旬开始进行为期两个月的每日放疗。在此期间我的出行将受到限制，但日常工作不会发生变化。
　　我感觉良好——仿佛处于正常的良好健康状态中——我的精力十分充沛。我发现自己患癌，是因为前列腺特异性抗原(PSA，多年来我的大夫做例行检查的一项指标)水平近来远超正常水平，活检似乎得到确认。
　　如果病情发生变化，我将立刻通知各位股东。当然，那一天终将到来，但我相信离那一天还挺远。