Did you know that June is Men’s Health Month? Men’s Health month was started in 1994 by Congress to show how simple diagnostic and screening tests can save your life. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Deaths that are often avoidable if caught early enough. If you are 40, you should get an annual rectal exam and prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test.
In the early stages, prostate cancer often causes no symptoms for many years. As a matter of fact, these cancers frequently are first detected by an abnormality on a blood test (PSA) or as a hard nodule (lump) in the prostate gland.
By the age of 50, one in four men have cancerous cells in the prostate gland and by the age of 80, your odds increase to one in two. Early detection increases your chance of a positive outcome, so get your prostate checked.