A CHARITY has called for men at high risk of developing prostate cancer to be screened from the age of 45.

It comes after Sir Chris Hoy suggested men should get prostate cancer checks in their forties , following his own diagnosis of the disease aged just 48.

A "little" pain in his shoulder was the only sign of the Olympic legend's incurable cancer, which had spread from his prostate to his bones.

His statement that it was a "no-brainer" to offer prostate cancer testing to men below the current standard age of 50 prompted Health Secretary Wes Streeting to announce the Government was looking into the matter.

Mr Streeting said: “He makes a powerful argument.

“I've asked the NHS to look at the case for lowering the screening age on prostate cancer.”

Now, charity Prostate Canc

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