BBC star and food critic Giles Coren has revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer.
The 55-year-old shared his news in his column for The Times.
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Giles with sister Victoria, left, and Esther Rantzen[/caption]
Giles revealed his prostate cancer scare after doctors found a malignant tumour but said he won’t need treatment just yet.
His doctor reassured him that prostate cancer is a “slow cancer” that all men get if they live long enough but still sent him for an MRI scan.
The star first had a PSA test with a score of four, a level many doctors consider a warning sign, according to the American Cancer Society.
When the results came back inconclusive, he initially refused a biopsy.
But after his PSA levels climbed to six and then seven, he finally agreed to further tests at London’s Royal Free Hospital.
Now, doctors have found less than a millimetre of cancer in just three of 21 samples taken.
The tumour, while malignant, is not requiring treatment yet but will be closely monitored.
Giles’ late father was comic Alan Coren.
He appeared on the radio show The News Quiz while writing for numerous newspapers and magazines as a humourist.
Giles’ only sibling is Only Connect presenter Victoria Coren, the wife of Peep Show star David Mitchell.
It comes after Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy spoke out about his terminal prostate cancer diagnosis which he received last year.
The British cycling hero, 48, revealed in October that his prostate cancer is terminal.
Hoy was given two to four years to live by doctors.
Following this incredibly difficult news, the Scot has approached his condition with inspiring positivity.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Hoy said: “I’m doing well. The best shape I’ve been in for over a year. I’m physically not in any pain at all.
“Treatment has worked really well, everything is stable and I couldn’t have responded better to it.
“So basically in the current situation – the best-case scenario – I’m very grateful. It’s been an unimaginable year.
“Eighteen months ago, if you told me this is what was coming up, you couldn’t have imagined it, but that’s life, isn’t it?
“You get curveballs. It’s how you deal with it, and how you make a plan and move forward.
“I’ve been so lucky to have genuinely amazing people around me, from family, friends, medical support, the general public.”
British hero Sir Chris Hoy has spoken out about his terminal diagnosis[/caption]
