David Cameron has revealed he found out he had prostate cancer after his wife urged him to get himself checked.

The former prime minister, 59, was given the all-clear, after undergoing ‘focal’ therapy, which uses electric pulses to destroy the cancerous cells rather than more invasive chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

In an interview with The Times, Mr Cameron revealed the terrifying moment doctors said he had cancer three years ago after his wife Samantha made him go for tests.

He had gone for a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to detect for proteins which came out ‘worryingly high’.

He said: ‘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?

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