伯克希尔・哈撒韦公司股东：
这封信是要告诉各位股东，我已被确诊患有一期前列腺癌症。好消息是医生告知我的病情远远不到危及生命的程度，甚至不会导致我的身体有明显的衰弱。上周三我接受了诊断，随后在周四做了CAT扫描和骨扫描，本周三今天做了核磁共振。这些检查均表明我的身体其余部分都没有患癌。
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治疗。在此期间我的外出旅行活动将会受到限制，但并不影响我的日常活动。
我感觉很好——就像过去我处于正常的良好健康状态时一样——我的精力和过去一样充沛。我发现自己患上前列腺癌，是因为我过去多年来定期检查前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)水平，最近跳升超过正常水平，后来活检也基本确认。
如果我的健康状况发生变化，我将立刻通知各位股东。当然，最终那一天将会来临，但我相信，现在看来那一天还远得很。
沃伦・巴菲特
2012年4月17日
（刘建位翻译，原文见巴菲特的伯克希尔公司官方网站：http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/news/APR1712.pdf）
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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