Chris Hoy issues update on terminal cancer diagnosis and says 'there is hope'

Sir Chris Hoy says the treatment he is receiving for stage four prostate cancer is 'working' and he is hopeful of defying his doctors' prognosis after being told he had two to four years to live.

The six-time Olympic cycling champion was first diagnosed with cancer in September last year, but announced last month that his condition was terminal. After a tumour was found on the 48-year-old's shoulder, a scan found primary cancer in his prostate, which had metastasised to his bones.

Heartbreakingly, Hoy's wife Sarra - with whom he has two young children aged 10 and seven - was also diagnosed with a "very active and aggressive’ form of multiple sclerosis just weeks after the cyclist learnt he had incurable cancer. However, after admitting it had been "the toughest year of our lives by some stretch," the Scotsman is determined to remain positive and has now issued an encouraging update on his condition.

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"Well the plan is, right now, keep doing what I’m doing in terms of treatment because it’s working," he told The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio. "Touch wood – the diagnosis was two to four years, but actually if you look beyond that it can be many years.

"There’s people out there that are still around who’ve been in the similar situation for 20 years. So you know, there’s hope. There is hope and I’m very lucky that there is treatment for me. But also you don’t know, it could be less than that. So that is the target – crack on for many years, ideally."

Hoy has spoken in detail about his situation in his memoir All That Matters, as he explained: "It’s a book for anybody going through a difficult time. But you can get through it.

"You have to be able to be quite tough for yourself in terms of saying, right, I’m going to actively choose not to embrace the negative thoughts. I’m going to actively not, I’m not going to let them creep in.

"They will, they will come, but you’ve got to push them away and focus on, focus on the here and the now," he added. "You don’t think too far ahead. You know, the future doesn’t exist yet. All we’ve got is the present."

Speaking to the BBC earlier this month, Hoy admitted: "I know what the end result will be. Nobody lives forever. Our time on this planet is finite. Don't waste your time worrying about stuff that isn't that important. Focus on the things that are.

"My perspective on life has changed massively. I am more thankful, I'm more grateful for each day. It's been a tough year and it's going to be tough ahead in the future too but for now, right here right now, we're doing pretty well."