Overview
- David Cameron, 59, disclosed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer about a year ago and says his treatment was successful.
- He described a diagnostic path of a high PSA blood test followed by MRI and a biopsy that confirmed the cancer.
- Cameron said his wife, Samantha, urged him to get tested after they heard a radio segment about prostate disease.
- He is advocating risk-targeted screening for men at higher likelihood of prostate cancer, aligning with a newly launched UK study comparing screening methods supported in part by Prostate Cancer UK.
- The UK has no national screening programme due to false positives and limited specificity of PSA testing, and prostate cancer is among the most common cancers in men with cases projected to rise significantly by 2040.