Breakfast hosts announce news as star diagnosed with | UK News

BBC Breakfast took a unhappy flip on Friday as Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt announced that one visitor had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Before introducing Danny Burkey, who appeared in a pre-recorded clip, Naga started, “Now, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with around 63,000 cases diagnosed in the UK every year.

“A major screening trial has begun, which goals to discover the best method to detect the disease.”

Charlie continued, “Invites will initially be despatched out to 16,000 males across the UK, but this will finally be expanded to up to 300,000. Our medical editor, Fergus Walsh, has more.”

Speaking in a voiceover, Fergus stated, “Danny Burkey from West Yorkshire is terminally ailing with prostate cancer, which has unfold to his bones.

“Aged 60. He says if men were offered regular screening, his disease might have been caught when it was still curable.”

Speaking about his heartbreaking diagnosis, Danny shared, “A screening program would literally be a game-changer.

“If you need males to not be in the place I’m in, if we wish to stop 12,000 males dying early every 12 months, it is the apparent resolution.”

Fergus went on to explain, “Currently, males over 50 can ask for a PSA blood check. High ranges can point out prostate cancer, but it is unreliable, selecting up many cancers that do not need treatment and lacking others that do.”

He added, “The prostate is a walnut-sized gland at the bottom of the bladder. The Transform trial will see if speedy MRI scans will improve the accuracy of diagnosis.

“Next week, the National Screening Committee, an expert body that advises the NHS, is due to recommend whether to introduce a screening program for prostate cancer.

“Previously, it said the harms outweighed the advantages.

BBC Breakfast airs daily at 6am on BBC One.