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Former Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan has called connected men to "demand" a prostate crab trial and for the authorities to actively connection screenings, aft his ain stage-four diagnosis.
Speaking to Anna Jones connected Sky News, Murnaghan said helium didn't person immoderate of the accustomed prostate crab symptoms - specified arsenic predominant oregon urgent urination oregon the occurrence of humor - but "fell precise sick connected a overseas holiday".
Upon being treated by the NHS, helium was diagnosed with stage-four cancer.
Pointing to however prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests are getting much accurate, Murnaghan said they should beryllium offered successful the aforesaid mode arsenic screenings for different cancers are.
"They mightiness outgo a small spot much money, but deliberation astir the wealth you save," helium said.
"Treating radical who get to my stage, there's an atrocious batch of things that are being thrown astatine maine that are costing a batch of money.
"As successful truthful galore different cancers, if you are diagnosed much, overmuch earlier, past of people you prevention wealth overmuch further down the line."
Symptoms of prostate cancer
According to the NHS, symptoms volition usually hap lone erstwhile the crab has grown oregon spread.
People whitethorn announcement changes to the mode they urinate, specified as:
• Finding it hard to commencement urinating oregon straining to urinate
• Having a anemic travel of urine
• "Stop start" urinating
• Needing to urinate urgently oregon often, oregon both
• Feeling similar you inactive request to urinate erstwhile you've conscionable finished
• Urinating during the night
Other symptoms tin include:
• Erectile dysfunction (being incapable to get oregon support an erection)
• Blood successful your urine oregon humor successful your semen
• Lower backmost symptom and losing value without trying to (these whitethorn beryllium symptoms of precocious prostate cancer)
He said helium finished chemotherapy successful aboriginal July and is presently waiting to spot what the effect has been.
It comes arsenic a conjugation of much than 60 cancer charities, known arsenic One Cancer Voice, is informing the authorities indispensable instrumentality urgent steps to tackle crab attraction successful England - including faster diagnosis targets and amended prevention policies.
According to analysis carried retired by the charities, much than six cardinal caller crab cases could beryllium diagnosed successful England betwixt present and 2040.
This would equate to a diagnosis each 2 minutes, which is up from 1 each 4 minutes successful the 1970s.
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Murnaghan said determination is "no ceremonial screening programme" for prostate crab and men "actually person to inquire for it alternatively than beryllium offered it arsenic truthful often happens with different cancers".
In the lack of a screening programme, helium said helium would counsel men of a definite property to "go and request it".
'A existent bolt from the blue'
Speaking of however helium enactment disconnected screening, Murnaghan said: "In my ain case, I fell done those gaps.
"I foolishly sat successful your [presenter Anna Jones] presumption for galore many years speaking to radical astir this precise contented and talking astir men, peculiarly implicit the property of 50, men successful precocious hazard groups who whitethorn person a past of it successful their family, to spell and inquire for this screening...
"And I kept reasoning you cognize 'once I got implicit that property I volition spell and bash that'," helium said.
"I kept thinking, 'okay good you cognize I'll get circular to it', beingness intervenes, jobs, children, holidays…all kinds of things and I ne'er did…
"So what happened was astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth I fell precise sick connected a overseas vacation and benignant of rushed backmost present to get treated by a fantastic wellness work and was diagnosed, a existent bolt from the blue."
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The erstwhile Sky News presenter is readying to articulation Sir Chris Hoy connected a foundation motorcycle thrust to rise wealth for crab charities.
Sir Chris was himself diagnosed with signifier 4 prostate crab successful September 2023.
Murnaghan is simply a acquainted look to Sky News viewers arsenic 1 of its main presenters from 2007 until 2023.
In September 2022, helium announced the decease of the precocious Queen Elizabeth II connected the channel.
Before joining Sky, helium presented ITV's News At Ten and the BBC Ten O'Clock News - present known arsenic BBC News At Ten - arsenic good arsenic Channel 4 News.
Murnaghan besides presented the quiz amusement Eggheads connected BBC Two for 11 years.
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