For men with a life expectancy of at least ten years, digital rectal exam and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test should be offered annually for African American men at age 45 and all other races at 50. Doctors and patients should discuss the pros and cons of prostate screening. Men with a strong family history of prostate cancer should begin five years earlier than the age stated above.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s C.A.R.E. Network offers free prostate cancer screenings to the medically underserved public. This free screening is for men of appropriate age who do not have a doctor or have not been screened in the past 12 months. The exam is performed by a doctor and includes a PSA blood test and a physical exam.
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