Colorado coach Deion Sanders had bladder removed after cancer diagnosis; doctors say he's 'cured'

Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders announced Monday he had bladder cancer and had to have surgery to remove his bladder. He is 'cured' according to doctors.

Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders announced Monday he was diagnosed with bladder cancer and had surgery to remove his bladder. His doctors said the procedure resulted in Sanders' being "cured."

"We're going to beat it, aren't we?" Sanders asked Dr. Janet Kukreja onstage at a news conference in Boulder.

"It's beaten," she answered.

Deion Sanders walks the sideline at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo., on Aug. 29.RJ Sangosti / The Denver Post via Getty Images fileSanders, 57, said he expects to coach the Buffaloes next season. He joked that going forward he may need to have a "port-a-potty on the sideline."

Sanders said he lost about 25 pounds during the process. He described life after the surgery as "dynamic" and "tough."