Jay Harris will be taking a month off SportsCenter after the sports journalist was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The ESPN anchor shared on ABC’s Good Morning America that he would be undergoing surgery to remove his prostate and would take time off to recuperate.

Jay Harris, a veteran ESPN anchor best known for his calm, commanding presence on "SportsCenter," made a deeply personal announcement Thursday morning: he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

About 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, which is the second-leading cause of death from cancer among American men, according to the American Cancer Society.