US EditionDavid Cameron reveals he has been treated for prostate cancer
David Cameron supports a targeted prostate cancer screening program amid 55,000 UK annual cases and a £42 million trial testing new diagnostic methods.
- Former Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer using 'focal' therapy with needles delivering electric pulses to destroy cancerous cells.
- Cameron said he chose focal therapy, which targets the area of the prostate where the tumor is present using methods like ultrasound waves to destroy cancer cells.
- Cameron is backing a call by Prostate Cancer Research for the introduction of screening for men at high risk of the disease, saying 'I want to add my name to the long list of people calling for a targeted screening programme.
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Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron (2010-2016) has revealed that he has received treatment for prostate cancer after being diagnosed with this disease about a year ago, and has asked the UK government to push for early testing to help locate possible cases in patients in the European country. Cameron, 59, has indicated in statements given to the British daily The Times that the diagnosis resulted from a specific prostate antigen test (PSA), …
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed that he has received treatment for prostate cancer that was detected to him last year. He has told this during an interview with The Times newspaper that has been published this Monday. "I want, so to speak, to leave the closet. I want to add my name to the long list of people asking for a selective screening program" of prostate cancer, he said.
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