Former BBC presenter and columnist Giles Coren announces he has cancer

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Food critic, presenter and columnist Giles Coren has announced he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The journalist shared the news on Friday in a column in the Times, the Mirror reported.

He said he had learned of his diagnosis at 9:30am on Wednesday (January 29). Coren shared that he first got tested a few years ago after taking notice of the huge issue when celebrities Stephen Fry and Bill Turnbull both announced their diagnoses.

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His doctor told him his prostate cancer is a 'slow cancer' which 'all men get' if they live a long time. He was sent for an MRI scan but refused a biopsy when the result came back inconclusive.