Washington (CNN) Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet said despite his recent diagnosis of prostate cancer, he wants to launch a presidential bid soon.

"I'm looking forward to running in 2020," Bennet said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" with Jake Tapper. "This obviously was unexpected, but we caught it early. It's something that I think we're going to be able to treat, and I don't think it should keep me off the trail."

Bennet said last Wednesday he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and would have surgery during the next congressional recess. He told the Colorado Independent at the time that he had intended to "announce sometime in April."

Bennet said in his CNN interview that he would get a procedure during the recess, then there would be a few weeks of recovery time, "but I'd like to get on with this."

Bennet said also that he did not have any symptoms and advised people to get screened.

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