Former PM David Cameron reveals that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer
David Cameron has revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year.
The former Prime Minister, who is now cancer free, said that he discovered the disease after his wife Samantha urged him to undergo tests in 2024.
David Cameron has revealed his prostate cancer diagnosisCredit: Alamy
The former PM credited his wife with the reason he got diagnosedCredit: Getty
He urged other men to get a scan after he was diagnosedCredit: Getty
The ex-Tory leader, 59, explained how he was listening to Soho House founder Nick Jones talking about his own 2022 diagnosis on the radio late last year.
This prompted Samantha to encourage him to ask his GP for a similar test, the Times reported.
Lord Cameron said he then went and had a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, which looks for proteins associated with prostate cancer, that came out worryingly high.
He told the Times: “You always hope for the best. You have an MRI scan with a few black marks on it. You think, ‘Ah, that’s probably OK.’
“But when the biopsy comes back, and it says you have got prostate cancer? You always dread hearing those words.
“And then literally as they’re coming out of the doctor’s mouth you’re thinking, ‘Oh, no, he’s going to say it. He’s going to say it. Oh God, he said it.’”
The ex-PM, who also had a brief stint as Foreign Secretary under Rishi Sunak, said he opted for a “focal” therapy as part of his treatment.
This type of care uses needles to deliver electric pulses to destroy cancerous cells.
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