Chris Hoy Urges UK Prostate Screening After 10,000 Men a Year Are Diagnosed Too Late
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 24
Chris Hoy Urges UK Prostate Screening After 10,000 Men a Year Are Diagnosed Too Late
2 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 24
Summary
Stage 4 patient Sir Chris Hoy said prostate cancer awareness cannot rely on celebrities alone, urging a formal, proactive system that tells men their personal risk and prompts testing.
10,000 men a year in the UK learn they have prostate cancer too late, Hoy said, arguing the PSA blood test's imperfections are a treatment challenge rather than a reason to avoid wider screening.
50-year-old Hoy said men currently must take responsibility themselves because screening is not systematic, even as bowel screening letters are routinely sent out.
Ahead of his Tour De 4 charity ride on 6 September in Glasgow, Hoy said he wants practical policy change on cancer care and screening, not publicity followed by inaction.