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James Van Der Beek shares poignant photos and details how he's been coping during secret cancer battle


Actor James Van Der Beek took to social media on Sunday afternoon to reveal he's been diagnosed with cancer .

'There’s no playbook for how announce these things, but I’d planned on talking about it at length with People magazine at some point soon… to raise awareness and tell my story on my own terms,' he added. He will be joined by Taye Diggs, Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones and Dancing With the Stars judge Bruno Tonioli. It's unclear what stage of colorectal cancer James has, but it reportedly starts in the colon or the rectum for one in 23 men on average with 65% surviving past five years.

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