Overview
- Cameron says he is now cancer free after focal therapy following a PSA test, MRI scan and biopsy confirmed prostate cancer.
- He sought testing after his wife, Samantha, heard Soho House founder Nick Jones speak on the radio about his own diagnosis.
- The Transform study has begun inviting participants to compare PSA testing, genetic risk assessment and a rapid MRI prostagram across an initial cohort of about 16,000 men, funded by £16 million from NIHR with the remainder from Prostate Cancer UK.
- The UK National Screening Committee is preparing a decision on whether current evidence supports introducing a screening programme focused on higher-risk men.
- Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in UK men, with roughly 55,000 cases and about 12,000 deaths each year, and readers report difficulty accessing PSA tests on the NHS.