Sen. Todd Weiler to undergo ‘aggressive’ cancer treatment [Video]

“I don’t have a prostate,” Weiler joked, “but I still have prostate cancer.”

Weiler said after a recent DNA test, doctors determined there were remaining cancer cells that are “quite aggressive.” Accordingly, he said he will begin radiation treatment on Thursday, lasting an hour a day for 38 days.

Despite doctors’ concern, Weiler said he’s optimistic the treatment will be successful, and he called this a “short-term setback.”

“I should be fine. This is mostly preventative,” Weiler said. “They don’t think it’s started spreading yet.”

However, he added, “It’s likely to spread if it goes untreated.”

Weiler, an …