Sir Tony Robinson and journalist Dermot Murnaghan have said they are “disappointed” at a decision not to recommend screening all men for prostate cancer.

Blackadder star Sir Tony spoke in 2023 about his diagnosis, and former Sky News anchor Murnaghan revealed his stage four prostate cancer diagnosis this year.

Former footballer Les Ferdinand and actor Colin McFarlane also shared their disappointment at the decision. McFarlane said people “deserve so much better than this”, with black men being at higher risk of prostate cancer.

The UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) said in a draft recommendation that men with a known genetic risk should be screened for prostate cancer every two years, but population-wide testing was not recommended because of the “harms” of overdiagnosis.

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