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Dermot Murnaghan He has said that his family is “dealing really well” with his cancer diagnosis as he continues treatment.
The veteran broadcaster and former Sky News presenter, 67, announced that he has Diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer in June, Telling followers that he is “responding positively” to the treatment.
Prostate cancer can be completely cured if detected early through regular PSA testing. However, Murnaghan’s cancer was so advanced that doctors could not treat his prostate alone.
“I don’t want to share much about it [what is happening to me],” he said Wire“But this is stage four, And the treatment is forceful and aggressive, They hit you with the kitchen sink,”
“It blindsides you,” he said of the diagnosis. “Christmas was approaching and all the kids were coming home. It’s like a punch to the gut. I can only imagine the effect on them.”
He said that a “big part” of the mental process of dealing with his illness was asking himself: “What have you put them through, idiot?”
Since the news, Murnaghan has been working as an ambassador for prostate cancer research to raise public awareness. The need for screening for high-risk groups,
“If I had got the diagnosis at an earlier stage, I could have saved him,” he said. “I can’t take it away, but they’re coping really well. They’ve been very good to me.”
According to Prostate Cancer UK, around one in eight men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime, and there are often no symptoms in the early stages of the disease.
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Murnaghan said Wire Her immediate thought upon receiving the diagnosis was, “What a fool I am.”
“I’ve been sitting on the couch talking to people about health stories my entire career. I was very aware of prostate cancer and the importance of PSA testing.
“I just thought, ‘Oh, I’ll finish it.’ And when I got tested in the hospital, it was horrible. Of course, the standards were off the scale.”
Before joining Sky News, Murnaghan presented ITV news at ten o’clock and this bbc ten o’clock news (Now bbc news at ten) as well as Channel 4 News.
He also presented the true crime documentary series killer britainand hosts podcasts Legends of news.