BBC star Nick Owen diagnosed with 'extensive and aggressive' prostate cancer as he takes break

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Nick Owen has opened up about his prostate cancer diagnosis and says it was the "worst day of his life" when he found out. The BBC Midlands Today presenter, 75, has been a staple on the show for 26 years.Nick, who will be best known to many fans for co-hosting TV-AM in the '80s with Anne Diamond, has spoken out about his battle with an "extensive and aggressive" form of prostate cancer.Speaking for the first time about his cancer, he said it had been a "grim" time since receiving biopsy results on April 13 this year.

Since 1997 he has co-presented BBC Midlands Today as one of the lead presenters, but has taken time off in recent weeks following his diagnosis.Speaking on BBC Midlands Today, he said: “I went to a specialist, he wasn't too worried because my figures weren't that high.

But he decided I ought to have a scan, and then the scan said there was something dodgy going on. "And then he sent me for a biopsy and the results of that were the killer.

On April 13, a date which will forever be imprinted on my mind, he told us that it was extensive really and aggressive, and I had prostate cancer full-on, and something needed to be done pretty fast. "That was probably the worst day of my life, or certainly one of them.