However, there have been differences of opinion on what age to begin routine screening for prostate cancer. In 2012, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force advised against PSA-based screenings for healthy men until the age of 50.
Read MoreHow many men know what the symptoms are for prostate cancer? They should as prostate cancer is considered the second most deadly cancer (after lung cancer) among men in the United States.
Read MoreHere are 7 body positive changes women can encourage men in achieving improving their chances of a healthy, cancer free prostate:
Read MoreCancer death rates have changed in Britain – for the first time, prostate cancer now kills more people than breast cancer making it the third deadliest type of this disease in this country.
Read MoreHaving cancer means a man’s body is working overtime to fight the cancer while it’s doing extra duty to repair healthy cells that may have been damaged as a side effect of treatments, especially radiation.
Read MoreAfter the prostate is biopsied, the samples will be taken to a laboratory to be examined under a microscope by a pathologist.
Read MorePSA is a protein produced by normal as well as malignant cells of the prostate gland and is found in the blood.
Read MoreRisk factors are any attribute, characteristic or exposure of a man that increase the likelihood of him developing prostate cancer.
Read MoreFormer Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, recently announced he had undergone prostate surgery last summer for a slow-growing tumor he was diagnosed with earlier in the year.
Read MoreProstate cancer affects about one in seven men who will be diagnosed with this disease in their lifetime.
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