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Privacy NoticeColin McFarlane has shared that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The actor, 61, who has starred in Doctor Who, The Cube, and Outlander, was diagnosed with the illness just nine months after his brother was. Colin and his brother both discovered their illness thanks to a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. This test can be given to men without symptoms. He shared that he has been getting regularly tested after a fellow actor – who was being treated for the disease 17 years ago – told him that the illness is especially prevalent among black men. Sharing the news, he 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.
Colin McFarlane has been diagnosed with prostate cancer
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“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.” He then added that both he, and his brother, were able to catch the disease early. He continued: “So, although I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, I do not require any treatment. I am being regularly monitored with PSA blood tests every three months and an MRI (or magnetic resonance imaging scan) once a year. “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. It’s men who take no action and don’t know anything about their prostate health that are at the greatest risk.”
The actor describes himself as one of the “lucky ones” as his cancer was caught early
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Colin added: “Too many men black men are dying from prostate cancer. They need to know that a simple blood test could save their life.” Colin made his acting debut in 1985, appearing in three episodes of the TV show Dempsey and Makepeace. He has since gone on to star on both the big and small screens. Also an accomplished voice actor, he has lent his voice to a number of video games, including Batman: Arkham Knight, Fable, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.
Colin is now encouraging other black men to regularly get tested for prostate cancer
(Image: Instagram/Colin McFarlane)
The actor has appeared in a number of shows, including Casualty, Holby City, and Coronation Street. He also appeared in EastEnders in April 2014 as a police officer involved in the show’s infamous ‘Who Killed Lucy Beale?’ storyline. He then starred in two of the Christopher Nolan Batman films, 2005’s Batman Begins and 2008’s The Dark Knight, where he portrayed Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb. READ NEXT: Click here for today’s top showbiz news Inside Celine Dion’s health battle as star cancels her world tour Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnDoctor WhoHealthIn the News
