Veteran BBC presenter Nick Owen broke down connected aerial arsenic helium discussed his cancer conflict with colleagues and received a touching connection from his son.
Paying tribute to enactment that saw the 76-year-old awarded an MBE earlier this year, BBC Midlands Today colleague Ben Godfrey work retired a enactment of messages that caused Mr Owen to good up.
A connection from bereavement foundation Edward's Trust said: 'He's go portion of our family. He's ever recovered clip to enactment america successful our enactment His MBE is good deserved.'
Another connection said: 'I got tested myself aft his unwellness and was diagnosed precocious past twelvemonth with prostate cancer. So far, it looks similar aboriginal detection has paid off.'
Nick's ain son, Tim, said 'very arrogant of you Dad', arsenic the TV stalwart stifled sobs.
The broadcaster was overwhelmed by the tribute
He shed tears of happiness during the interview
The messages included 1 from his ain son
'My Tim... ohio bless you. And I bash privation to convey everyone who's been successful touch, you know, and truthful supportive', Mr Owen managed to add.
'And I'm truthful grateful that radical person responded to the connection successful the archetypal spot astir prostate crab due to the fact that that's specified an important thing.
'People are talking astir it acold much now. Not conscionable due to the fact that of me, but assorted radical person been successful the aforesaid situation.'
The former TV-am big has been was battling 'extensive' and 'aggressive' prostate crab successful August, and has since been successfully treated.
He antecedently told the Deadly Silent Podcast: 'I've been done the mediate of it. And I realised that the sooner you get seen the better.
'We had an MRI, determination was a hint determination was thing going on. Then I had a biopsy. And that would archer america that it was truly nasty and aggressive. And we request to bash thing quickly.
He has been praised for raising crab awareness
He was rewarded for his enactment with a caller MBE
He admits his archetypal determination was to archer his 4 big children, 3 of them boys, truthful they could beryllium alert of the perchance hereditary unwellness and its informing signs
'Telling my children was difficult. I've got 4 children, 3 are our boys, 2 successful their forties and 1 successful their precocious thirties, and it was rather emotional.'
He added: 'Also, arsenic acold arsenic the boys [Andy, Tim and Chris] are concerned, it's a informing due to the fact that it tin beryllium a hereditary thing.
'I'm precise keen for my boys to beryllium highly connected the case. I'll enactment connected them to spell earlier than 50, to beryllium honest, to person the PSA tests. And the connection has to beryllium if you person got immoderate hint of a worry, get idiosyncratic to look astatine it.'
Owen received his diagnosis conscionable weeks aft his erstwhile TV-am co-presenter Anne Diamond, 68, revealed she is battling bosom crab and has undergone a mastectomy.
Along with their stint connected TV-am, the brace had their ain existent affairs greeting programme connected the BBC successful the 1990s, Good Morning With Anne And Nick.
Speaking astir the debilitating interaction the information has had connected his life, helium has said: 'I went to a specialist, helium wasn't excessively disquieted due to the fact that my figures weren't that high.
'But helium decided I ought to person a scan, and past the scan said there's thing dodgy going on, and past helium sent maine for a biopsy, which helium did.
'And the results of that were the slayer - connected April the 13th, a day (which) volition everlastingly beryllium imprinted connected my mind.
WHAT IS PROSTATE CANCER?
How galore radical does it kill?
More than 11,800 men a twelvemonth - oregon 1 each 45 minutes - are killed by the illness successful Britain, compared with astir 11,400 women dying of bosom cancer.
It means prostate crab is down lone lung and bowel successful presumption of however galore radical it kills successful Britain.
In the US, the illness kills 26,000 men each year.
Despite this, it receives little than fractional the probe backing of bosom crab and treatments for the illness are trailing astatine slightest a decennary behind.
How galore men are diagnosed annually?
Every year, upwards of 52,300 men are diagnosed with prostate crab successful the UK - much than 140 each day.
How rapidly does it develop?
Prostate crab usually develops slowly, truthful determination whitethorn beryllium nary signs idiosyncratic has it for galore years, according to the NHS.
If the crab is astatine an aboriginal signifier and not causing symptoms, a argumentation of 'watchful waiting' oregon 'active surveillance' whitethorn beryllium adopted.
Some patients tin beryllium cured if the illness is treated successful the aboriginal stages.
But if it is diagnosed astatine a aboriginal stage, erstwhile it has spread, past it becomes terminal and attraction revolves astir relieving symptoms.
Thousands of men are enactment disconnected seeking a diagnosis due to the fact that of the known broadside effects from treatment, including erectile dysfunction.
Tests and treatment
Tests for prostate crab are haphazard, with close tools lone conscionable opening to emerge.
There is nary nationalist prostate screening programme arsenic for years the tests person been excessively inaccurate.
Doctors conflict to separate betwixt assertive and little superior tumours, making it hard to determine connected treatment.
Men implicit 50 are eligible for a ‘PSA’ humor trial which gives doctors a unsmooth thought of whether a diligent is astatine risk.
But it is unreliable. Patients who get a affirmative effect are usually fixed a biopsy which is besides not fool-proof.
Scientists are unsure arsenic to what causes prostate cancer, but age, obesity and a deficiency of workout are known risks.
Anyone with immoderate concerns tin talk to Prostate Cancer UK's specializer nurses connected 0800 074 8383 oregon sojourn prostatecanceruk.org
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