VIDEO - Bob Schieffer's Battle Against Bladder Cancer Caused by Tobacco..

August 9, 2010 - Bladder cancer is the fifth most diagnosed cancer in this country, killing more than 14,000 Americans each year. This disease has touched a lot of families including the CBS family. Tonight, Bob Schieffer shares his personal story of survival with Dr. Jon LaPook.

Veteran CBS News anchor and correspondent Bob Schieffer has spent his life getting the facts out. This time, it's personal. "People don't like to talk about diseases that happen to you below the belt," Schieffer said. "It's embarrassing to talk about."

Schieffer blames smoking. "I was one of the heaviest smokers. I started chewing tobacco when I was 16 years old because I hung around rodeos and played baseball."

Bladder cancer is the fifth most diagnosed cancer in this country, killing more than 14,000 Americans each year. This disease has touched a lot of families including the CBS family. Tonight, Bob Schieffer shares his personal story of survival with Dr. Jon LaPook.

VIDEO - Bob Schieffer's Battle Against Bladder Cancer by Jonathan LaPook, M.D., CBS Evening News, 8/5/2010.