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Jeremy Clarkson and Stephen Fry urge Government to act on prostate cancer
The letter says current screening rules leave high-risk men without guaranteed access to a test, as 55,000 UK men are diagnosed each year.
- Jeremy Clarkson and Sir Stephen Fry joined former Prime Ministers Lord David Cameron and Rishi Sunak in urging Health Secretary Yvette Cooper to "change the story on prostate cancer" and commit to a targeted national screening programme.
- The National Screening Committee recently recommended against universal PSA testing, saying it is "likely to cause more harm than good," despite prostate cancer causing around 12,300 deaths annually in the UK.
- Clarkson, in remission from "aggressive" prostate cancer, and Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy, 50, highlighted the need for better testing, arguing that excluding high-risk men from guaranteed access to life-saving tests is unacceptable.
- The Stockholm 3 test is now offered to up to 10,000 men aged 45 to 74 at a discounted rate of £99, with experts studying how genetic tests or 10-minute MRI scans can improve screening.
- Campaigners continue advocating for systemic change as the Transform trial, funded by Prostate Cancer UK and the National Institute for Health and Care Research, currently examines whether wider population testing should be implemented.
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Thousands of men to get prostate cancer test used for Jeremy Clarkson
Thousands of men are to receive the prostate cancer test, through the NHS, used to diagnose Jeremy Clarkson.
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