Thousands of other men have checks on prostate cancer because Sir Chris Hoy revealed that the diagnosis of the disease and the terminally ill disease had been diagnosed.
In 2023, the six-time Olympic Rad sports gold medalist was informed that he was terminally ill against cancer, which comes in his prostate, and publicly shared his diagnosis last year.
Despite a family history of prostate cancer, which also influenced his father and grandfather – Sir Chris was never offered the PSA test that could have discovered it.
New NHS data show that almost 5,000 additional men were transferred in the six months after the pronouncement of Sir Chris, a 49 -year -old Sir Chris, a trend, which was described by experts as “amazing”.
The figures from October 2024 to March 2025 show that 138,734 men received an urgent transfer to urological cancer with prostate cancer as the main form of the disease. This corresponds to additional 4,962 cases compared to the same six-month period of 2023-24.
Separate data show an enormous increase in the number of men with a family history of prostate cancer that have evaluated their own risk. The number of men with such a prehistory that an online risk examiner used to evaluate their sickness chances rose by 77 percent in the period.
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The results were published when the Telegraph launched a campaign for the introduction of targeted screening for prostate cancer. No tests are currently offered to men, even if they have a family history of the disease.
Experts believe that there is a growing case for targeted screening, which means that PSA blood tests are offered to those who have an increased risk of the disease.
Peter Kyle, the science secretary, hopes to use AI and data to improve the prostate crab screening to men with high risk, which factorize in family history, genetics, demography and in other factors.
Mr. Kyle, who writes in the Telegraph, hopes that researchers can use the large amount of health data to develop “AI-driven tools that can predict the risk of cancer” in order to save thousands of life per year.
The British National Screening Committee is currently considering whether the introduction of mass tests should be recommended.
“I told my story to raise awareness.”
Sir Chris said: “With 47 prostate cancer at the stage. At this age, my prostate cancer was able to progress and would have progressed when I was 45 or even younger. With prostate cancer, the earlier you find, the easier it is to treat. We need the system to change more men to be diagnosed earlier and to prevent them from getting the news that I have received.
“Therefore, I believe that men with the highest risk, for example men with a family history like me or black men, should be contacted by their family doctor earlier to discuss a simple PSA blood test that checks for signs of prostate cancer.
“If there are problems, you can treat it in an earlier time.
“I told my story to raise awareness of the most common cancer in men and to think more about their risk and about what they can do, but it shouldn’t be all the responsibility of men.”
The online risk check -check published by Prostate Cancer Research UK asks men in simple questions about their family history and ethnicity to determine the risk and gives advice to help.
The charity organization found that the number of men underwent the check rose by 45 percent when the data was compared from October 2024 to February 2025 with the same period in the previous year.
The sharpest climb came with a family history of the disease with far from men between 45 and 49 years.
In total, 10,427 such men checked their risk compared to 5,891 in the same period of previous years.
There were a total of 688,796 checks in the reporting period, compared to 473, 843 the year before.
Experts said they would expect a time destruction between a man who checked his risk and spoke to his family doctor. So you would expect that an increase in recommendations and treatments will be recorded in the coming months and years.
Prof. Peter Johnson, National Clinical Director of NHS England for Cancer, said: “Prostate cancer is much more treatable if it is caught early, and an increase in urgent transfers means that those who need can begin life -saving treatment earlier, and those who are thankfully not easier.
“We are incredibly grateful for people like Sir Chris Hoy, whose bravery in talking openly about his cancer forecast, undoubtedly encouraged many others to check earlier and probably saved life.
“I would ask men to check their risk of prostate cancer – since early prostate cancer rarely has symptoms – or if you have noticed unusual or worrying symptoms, please contact your family doctor.”
Amy Rylance, the deputy director of health improvement at prostate Cancer UK, said: “The effects of Sir Chris, who was published last year with his prostate cancer diagnosis, and continues to stumble through the sharpness of vital awareness and funds for groundbreaking research.”
“In the six months after his announcement, over 688,000 men used our online risk examiner. These are an additional 214,953 fathers, brothers, sons and colleagues who have found their own risk and what they can do compared to the year before.
“The fact that almost 5,000 people in England urgently mentioned by their family doctor for further tests for potential urological cancer clearly shows how Sir Chris ‘powerful words make men take potentially life -saving measures. The earlier they find, the easier it is to treat it, and this increase in references will undoubtedly mean that the men are prostate’ cancer and can be a little more prostate cancer And can find a little more prostate cancer and can prostate.
Sir Chris Hoy celebrates his last Olympic Games – Ian Macnicol/Getty Images
She said the “record -breaking numbers” were proof of the “record -breaking man” and added: “We thank Sir Chris for everything he did and continue to do our cause.”
However, the charity organization said it was not correct that individual men should bear all the responsibility to know their risk and to promote their family doctor for tests.
Ms. Rylance added: “Prostate cancer is the most common cancer without screening program and it is time for a change.
“We have presented the national screening committee evidence that we believe that it is time to implement targeted screening for those with the highest risk with the highest risk, and we are waiting for the result of your decision later this year.
“However, there is something the government can do to save the life of men.
“You can update NHS guidelines so that GPS proactively begin talks about prostate cancer with men with the highest risk from the age of 45, provide clear, current health information and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of fast, simple and free PSA blood tests.”
A government spokesman said: “Prostate cancer can be devastating, which is why we examine the introduction of targeted screening, but every decision must be demonstrably carried out.
“That is why the British National Screening Committee sees this as a priority – including the review of the evidence of reviewing men with a family history of prostate cancer.
“While we are waiting for the conclusion, our 10 -year health plan will continue with the improvement of cancer treatment and prevention, including financing of ten million pound -important new research to diagnose and save patients faster.”