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Jools Holland reveals 2014 prostate cancer diagnosis in bid to save lives

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cancer in 2014 in order to help others be aware of the disease, after revealing he had ‘no symptoms’. The musician and TV star, 64, is hoping to raise more awareness of the risk of prostate cancer, which was diagnosed following a routine blood test.

He has teamed up with men’s health charity Prostate Cancer UK for a musical event called Raise the Roof, which will see stars including Paul Weller and Spice Girl Melanie C take to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall on June 22.

Jools told PA that he hopes to save lives by speaking out, explaining: ‘If I can bring people’s awareness to the facts of prostate cancer then I would certainly stand on top of my piano and shout about it because I think it’s really important. ’He revealed that his cancer, which has since been successfully treated, was found by chance, explaining: ‘I had no awareness of prostate cancer, no symptoms that I noticed whatsoever, until I was diagnosed following a routine blood test in 2014.  ‘Thankfully I was successfully treated, but if more people were aware of their risk and caught the disease early, then more lives would be saved. ‘If Raise the Roof was able to achieve this and save one man’s life, it would be the best thing ever that would come out of this. ’The idea for Raise The Roof came from Jools and his friend and the founder of Prostate Cancer UK, Professor Jonathan Waxman, with funds raised going towards research into helping to find a better testing approach to prostate cancer and one which could be used for a UK-wide screening programme.

Jools also urged others to get themselves checked out, adding: ‘People often think “this is something that happens to other people”.

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