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The former prime minister David Cameronresponsible for the referendum to leave the United Kingdom from the European Union, revealed in an interview with the newspaper The Times who suffers prostate cancer.
The former leader of the Conservatives explained that he underwent a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, a blood test that measures the levels of a protein produced by the prostate, which gave high levels, so he then they performed a biopsy who discovered cancer.
“You always hope for the best. If you have a high PSA, it’s probably nothing. You get an MRI with some black marks and you think, ‘Oh, it’s probably fine.’ But when the biopsy results come out and they say you have prostate cancer…”, he said.
Cameron has confessed that “You always fear hearing those words”. “And then literally as they come out of the doctor’s mouth, you’re like, ‘Oh, no, he’s going to say it. He’s going to say it. Oh my God, he said it!'”
The former leader of the Conservative Party underwent the test pushed by his wife Samantha and after they both listened to the founder of Soho House, Nick Jonestalk about his diagnosis during a radio interview.
Cameron received focal therapy, which consists of electrical pulses that attack and destroy cancer cells. In the interview with The Times, he asked the Starmer Government implement screening tests to identify cases earlier, when treatments are more likely to be successful.
“I want to, so to speak, come out of the closet. I want to add my name to the long list of people asking for a specific screening program,” he said. “I don’t really like to talk about my intimate health problems, but I think I had to do it. Let’s be honest: Men are not very good at talking about our health.. “We tend to procrastinate.”
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among British men, with more than 55,000 new cases each year. Cameron’s revelation comes several days after the launch of an important trial to evaluate screening techniques more effective.
Cameron resigned as Prime Minister and as MP for his seat of Witney in Oxfordshire in 2016. He was appointed Foreign Secretary by the then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in 2023 and was also made a life peer and member of the House of Lords.