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Colin McFarlane Illnesss: Colin McFarlane Prostate Cancer Diagnoses. The Dark Knight star confirms he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer after discovering a ‘genetic link’ to the disease
The early stage of Colin McFarlane’s prostate cancer has been disclosed.
Following testing in December, the 61-year-old actor, who is best known for his part in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy, spoke publicly about his illness.
The single father expressed his gratitude to doctors for being able to detect the disease early because he underwent routine testing for it during the previous eight years.
One in four Black males is in danger of the disease, which claims the lives of 12,000 men annually, according to Colin, who also noted that men are 2.5 times more likely to develop prostate cancer if their father or brother has already had it.
The BBC Not Going Out star also encouraged his two brothers to get checked and one has since discovered he too has prostate cancer.
The actor opened up about his diagnosis following testing in December and said he is glad he went for regular check for the disease over the past eight years which allowed doctors to catch it early
Colin told the publication: ‘My dad is benign but he had an operation in 1999 and he said to me, “oh, I decided not to tell you and your brothers because I didn’t want to worry you”.
“He had no idea that, in fact, it was really important that he told us because there is a genetic link,” says the author.
The earliest stage of cancer, T1 out of five categories, implies that Colin is at “very low risk” and does not yet require treatment, according to the experts who diagnosed him.
‘You think, well, there’s a 70% probability that I’m OK,’ he remarked. The identical blood test that revealed this was offered as an option, they said. “From now on, we’ll test for prostate-specific antigen every three months.” I’ll also undergo an MRI once a year.”
Colin went on to say how important it is for men to speak about prostate cancer instead of ‘waiting for symptoms’ which can mean the cancer has spread.
He expressed how catching cancer early allows it to be ‘treatable and curable’.
Colin lives in Lincoln and London with wife Kate and son Josh.
The BBC Not Going Out star also encouraged his two brothers to get checked and the one discovered he to had prostate cancer as well
