The much-loved writer, presenter and actor has followed up last week’s shock announcement on social media that he’s recovering from prostate cancer surgery with a new tweet of our infographic, encouraging others to know their risk of the most common cancer in men.
After stepping out of the limelight at the start of the year, and unavailable to host the BAFTA awards last month for the first time in many years, Stephen Fry bravely opened up to his 13 million followers on Twitter last week, revealing he’d been undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.
In a 13-minute video on his website, the author and presenter described how he was diagnosed with the disease after a routine health check discovered he had a high PSA level. He then underwent surgery in January.