Lord David Cameron has revealed he was treated for prostate cancer as he called for a targeted screening programme.

The ex-Prime Minister, 59, said that he found out about the diagnosis after his wife Samantha urged him to have tests.

She had heard about Soho House founder Nick Jones’s struggle with the disease on the radio.

In an interview with the Times, Cameron said he went and had a prostate-specific antigen test, which looks for proteins associated with prostate cancer that came out worryingly high.

He added: “I want to, as it were, come out. I want to add my name to the long list of people calling for a targeted screening programme.

“I don’t particularly like discussing my personal intimate health issues, but I feel I ought to.

“Let’s be honest. Men are not very good at

See Full Page