David Cameron has revealed that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

The 59-year-old former prime minister said that he discovered the illness after his wife Samantha urged him to undergo tests.

Lord Cameron told The Times that a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test revealed his diagnosis.

He told the newspaper: "You always hope for the best. You have an MRI scan with a few black marks on it. You think, ‘Ah, that’s probably OK.’ But when the biopsy comes back, and it says you have got prostate cancer?

"You always dread hearing those words. And then literally as they’re coming out of the doctor’s mouth you’re thinking, 'Oh, no, he’s going to say it. He’s going to say it. Oh God, he said it.'"

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