Errol Musk has revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer following a routine medical checkup in February last year. The diagnosis of adenocarcinoma came after his cardiologist referred him to a urologist, who subsequently performed a biopsy that confirmed the presence of cancer.Since his surgery, Musk has become actively involved with longevity clinics advocating for prostate cancer testing. "Since this has happened, I've become very much involved with longevity clinics calling me and asking me to say something about this, because they are sort of trying to push the idea that people should be tested down to the DNA level," he said. He supported national screening programmes, describing DNA-level testing as "much better" than traditional methods.WATCH THE CLIP ABOVE FOR MORE
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00:00is Elon Musk's dad, Errol. We're delighted to have him in the studio and I'm sure Errol's more
00:05delighted to be here in the studio because Errol has come through a prostate cancer battle. This
00:12was last July. You're looking well. Thank you. Yes, and what about the effects of the operation?
00:17You've had your prostate removed. Yes. Yeah, well tell us about that. Well, you know, I went for a
00:23checkup about February last year and cardiology, you know, and then they said I need to go and see
00:32a urologist about my, you know, prostate. So I did and the urologist did a biopsy and so on and then
00:42he said to me that I have adenocarcinoma. So that means the start of cancer, you see. And so I said,
00:51well, I was due to come to England to Westminster Abbey to be at the 30th anniversary of the end
01:01of apartheid, you know, the service in Westminster. Because you're South African. Yes, I was invited
01:05to come and say a few words at Westminster Abbey. So I was quite keen on that. You've just been quite
01:10worried as well. No, no. I said to the doctor, to the urologist, should I, can I go to England or
01:17and do this, see this, be at this service or should I rather have the prostate out? He said,
01:27rather have the prostate out. Yeah. So I gave up the trip to England and I had the prostate out.
01:32Well, you are 79 years of age. Ellie and I were both saying you look very well, you look very fresh
01:38on the fine goodness. Thank you. What would your advice to other men be about prostate?
01:43Well, you know, since this has happened, I've become very much involved with longevity clinics
01:51calling me all over the show and asking me to say something about this because they are
01:58sort of trying to push their idea that people should be tested, you know, down to the DNA level.
02:05Yeah. And that's what's happening. And it's now quite inexpensive.
02:08There's big advances there. There's massive advances.
02:11Yeah. Thank goodness. It's an unnecessary killer.
02:13Most men are not inclined to go for tests. I mean, every man I know would say, oh, I'm not going to do
02:21that, you know, but you really should. And you can do it even with a blood test now, can't you,
02:24in some cases? Well, yes. Mine was a blood test, but no, the blood test is not confirmatory.
02:30The biopsy is. But if you go for the DNA testing, then it's much more, you know, good, much better.
02:40Yeah. And there is conversation in this country at the moment about a national screening program.
02:44Is that something that you would support a prostate screening program?
02:46Yes, of course. Absolutely. Well, I mean, one in eight men in this country is likely to,
02:53probably more than that, likely to contract prostate cancer.
02:57Well, listen.
02:58And there's about half a million with prostate cancer.
02:59Well, hopefully you live for many men.
03:01Well, thank you.