<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is urging men over 50 years-old to get regular tests for prostate cancer after he was successfully treated for the disease last year and given the all-clear.</p><p>Lloyd Webber, 61, said in a health diary published on his website that he noticed the first symptoms of his cancer last summer and underwent an operation to remove his prostate gland after a biopsy came back positive.</p><p>He was told the cancer had been caught early and the treatment was successful, but he then battled an underlying e-coli infection that had been there all along.</p><p>"If that infection had been found and cured, I could have been blissfully unaware that I had a cancerous tumor that was on the verge of breaking loose around the rest of my body. I could have thought that my frequent peeing was due to a weak bladder. I have been bloody lucky," wrote Lloyd Webber.</p><p>"I say to every red-blooded male, if you do begin to have a problem down under, however embarrassing, go to your GP at once. Even if you don't have any symptoms, if you are over 50 get regular PSA (prostate specific antigen) tests."</p><p>Lloyd Webber, the composer behind hit musicals including "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Cats" and "Starlight Express," is staging a sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera" called "Love Never Dies" that is due to open in London in March this year.</p><p>He has also just kicked off a search for Dorothy to star in his West End production of "The Wizard of Oz" with his search to be the topic of a BBC television talent show.</p><p>(Writing by Belinda Goldsmith, Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=66737274&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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