Cancer patient given months to live is ‘more positive than ever’

But all hope was not lost.

Within weeks of attending an event at the House of Commons to raise awareness about clinical trials, Mr Strugnell was given the chance to try another new drug.

Combined with hormone medication which cuts off his testosterone, the large blue tablets strive to shrink the size of a cancer – and they seem to be working.

When Mr Strugnell started the treatment his PSA score – a metric which measures how large a patient’s prostate cancer is – was 177.

But for the last six months, it has been between 10 and 17.

“The lower it is the better, so I am really, really positive about this drug,” he said.

“It’s not stopping me from doing anything and I am doing far more than a lot of people my age.

“My whole life has changed – I have a lot more energy and enthusiasm and I am not thinking ‘I don’t know how long I’ve got’.

“I am more positive now than I ever been.”