Overview
- Cameron, 59, disclosed that an elevated PSA about a year ago led to an MRI and a biopsy confirming prostate cancer.
- He chose focal ultrasound therapy targeted at the tumor, describes the procedure as successful, and remains under follow-up.
- The former prime minister is urging the NHS and government to reassess prostate cancer screening policy, backing targeted screening that combines PSA, MRI and genetic tests.
- He says he sought the PSA test after his wife, Samantha, urged him to act following Nick Jones’s public account of his own experience.
- Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in UK men, with roughly 55,000 new cases annually, and there is currently no universal PSA screening program because of concerns about test reliability and overdiagnosis.