Doctor Who and Batman star reveals prostate cancer diagnosis just nine months after sibling battled disease | The Sun
A DOCTOR Who and Batman star has revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis – nine months after his sibling battled the disease.
Colin McFarlane has revealed his shock diagnosis following a positive prostate-specific antigen test.
The Doctor Who star and voice of The Cube confirmed doctors have caught the cancer early.
In an update to his fans, the 61-year-old said: "I was already aware of the risk to me, so had been having annual and then six-monthly regular PSA blood tests with my GP.
"Thankfully, just over a year ago, I had told my brother to get a PSA blood test otherwise he wouldn’t have been diagnosed, because he had no symptoms."
Colin's diagnosis comes just nine months after his brother was also told he had the disease.
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Thankfully at this time Colin doesn't require any treatment and will attend regular checkups with his doctors.
"As it’s a very slow-moving cancer I am in the best possible position to ascertain what treatment I would need in the future if that were ever deemed necessary, and currently that scenario is a long way off," he said.
"It’s men who take no action and don’t know anything about their prostate health that are at greatest risk."
Meanwhile, Sky Sports presenter Jacquie Beltrao beamed as she recently met the doctor who fought off her stage four cancer.
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Three years ago, the Sky News sports presenter was told her stage-four breast cancer had spread to her spine and legs, leaving her fearing she had just months to live.
But thanks to an incredible drug called olaparib — previously used for ovarian cancer — the 58-year-old is now cancer free.
At an emotional meeting this week at the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at London’s Institute of Cancer Research, mum-of-three Jacquie met Professor Andrew Tutt and his team, who pioneered the drug’s use.
She told him: “You are my hero. What you did for me has saved my life.”
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