Wellstar: Prostate Cancer Awareness

Wellstar: Prostate Cancer Awareness

Each year, nearly 220,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the US. At Wellstar, our dedicated cancer experts and surgeons collaborate with urologists to diagnose and treat prostate cancer with compassion. Learn more about Wellstar's approach to prostate cancer prevention and treatment: https://www.wellstar.org/medical-care/cancer/pages/prostate-cancer.aspx

prostate cancer is one of the disease processes that affects one in six men it's not always lethal but it can be and if it's not it can cause some health problems we want to catch it early so that if high grade or high-risk disease exists we can proceed with the treatment that can be life-saving i've had excellent care i mean in going to my primary all the time and having that psa taken and they thought it'd be good to check it out we don't want to miss the opportunity to detect prostate cancer early we recommend a once a year screening starting at 50 with a physical exam and blood work once there's a sign of potential prostate cancer often noted by an abnormal physical exam or an abnormal blood lab test they'll come to the urology office my first operation was with dr roger and that was prostate cancer i had the prostate removed and the boundaries were great and as i say i'm alive because of [Music] wealthstar you

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