ITV star said he got tested after one of his friends was diagnosed with prostate cancer after undergoing a routine medical check
Sports presenter Steve Rider has encouraged other men to “recognise your vulnerability” as he revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 73-year-old broadcaster, who previously hosted BBC’s Grandstand and Sportsnight, and currently presents ITV's Touring Car championship coverage will be undergoing surgery this weekend after receiving his diagnosis last month.
“He had a scan which showed some alarming things going on with the prostate and within a month he had the full operation and that woke everybody up because he had no symptoms and very fit guy, and roughly our age,” he said. Rider admitted that after he was first tested he planned to do “absolutely nothing” as his readings were “not that high”, but his wife urged him to get further examinations.
Rider finished filming the British Touring Car Championship for ITV on Sunday and will go in for surgery later this week. He said his diagnosis was aided by his friends having open conversations and his wife encouraging him to get further tested, saying: “We do tend to treat these things a little bit like getting your eyes tested or ears done, you can put it off and maybe think ‘Well, I’ll wait till the symptoms come’.
Rider also praised his former colleague Turnbull for creating greater awareness of prostate cancer by speaking out about the disease. The late BBC Breakfast host revealed his diagnosis in March 2018 and detailed his treatment in a Channel 4 documentary called Staying Alive.
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