The NHS will review whether to change its advice on testing for prostate cancer in light of Sir Chris Hoy's "powerful" call for more younger men to be checked, the health secretary has said. Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris, 48, has advanced cancer that has spread to his bones and is terminal.

Sir Chris Hoy has spoken out about his terminal cancer diagnosis, saying he had “no symptoms, no warnings, nothing. All I had was a pain in my shoulder and a little bit of pain in my ribs.” Since the Olympian first revealed his diagnosis just over two weeks ago,

Sir Chris Hoy has claimed “potentially millions of lives” can be saved if the screening age for prostate cancer is lowered. The six-time Olympic cycling champion revealed last month in a Sunday Times interview that his cancer is terminal after he first made public in February that he was undergoing treatment, including chemotherapy.