Prostate Cancer Screening

Medical organizations advise men considering getting screened for prostate cancer in their fifties. For men with prostate cancer risk factors, getting screened even earlier than age fifty is advisable. Talk to your doctor about the benefits of getting screened as well as the risks so that you can make a decision about whether getting screened for prostate cancer is right for you.

Tests for prostate screening include:

• Testing for PSA or Prostate-Specific Antigen– when samples of blood are drawn from your arm’s vein and put through an analysis for prostate-specific antigen. It is normal for your bloodstream to contain a …read more