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Prostate Cancer Awareness Week to Screen Thousands

Friday, September 14, 2007 General News
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DENVER, Sept. 13 Every three minutes a man finds out hehas prostate cancer -- the second-leading cause of cancer death in Americanmen. In fact, more than 218,890 cases are expected in 2007, making prostatecancer among men more prevalent than breast cancer among women.
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Yet men don't get checked. That is why the non-profit Prostate CancerEducation Council (PCEC) coordinates free or low-cost screenings for millionsof men across the United States each year during Prostate Cancer AwarenessWeek. The Council, which brings together recognized physicians andresearchers, was founded on the fact that prostate cancer is nearly 100percent survivable if caught in its earliest stages.
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"If only men would take annual screening for prostate cancer as seriouslyas women do for breast cancer," comments Dr. E. David Crawford, Head of theUrologic Oncology Department at the University of Colorado Health SciencesCenter and Founder/Chairman of the PCEC. "Every three minutes an American malediscovers he has prostate cancer. This is a staggering statistic, butpalatable when tempered with early diagnosis when the disease is at its mostcurable stage."

This year, Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (PCAW) will be heldSept. 17 -- 22 and will potentially screen thousands of men. With more than500 screening sites across the United States, nearly every man at risk can getchecked. Men are at risk if they are over age 40, or over age 35 if they areAfrican-American or have a family history of the disease.

Screenings during PCAW take about 10 minutes and include a ProstateSpecific Antigen (PSA) blood test and a Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) done by atrained professional. Men also can choose to have their cholesterol andtestosterone levels checked, as many factors play into overall healthawareness and a man's overall risk for prostate cancer.

With all these factors playing into a man's understanding of prostatecancer, PCEC has dedicated each day of PCAW to one particular topic relatingto the disease. The days are:

To find a PCAW screening site near you and for more information onprostate cancer, please visit http://www.pcaw.com or call toll free866-4PROST8.

About the Prostate Cancer Education Council

The Prostate Cancer Education Council (PCEC) was founded in 1988 andcoordinates the national Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (PCAW) program,Sept. 17 -- 22, 2007. PCAW was created by the PCEC as a means to offer free orlow-cost prostate cancer screenings across the nation (12 in Colorado, morethan 500 nationwide). PCEC and the PCAW event strive to educate men and thewomen in their lives about the prevalence of prostate cancer, the importanceof early detection and the available treatment options. As one of the oldestand largest organized screening efforts in the nation, PCAW has helpedmillions of men receive potentially life-saving screenings in addition toinfluencing additional research dollars to be earmarked for prostate cancer.Monday, Sept. 17 -- General Prostate Cancer Awareness Day Tuesday, Sept. 18 -- Advanced Prostate Cancer Awareness Day Wednesday, Sept. 19 -- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Awareness Day Thursday, Sept. 20 -- Women, Families & Caregivers Day Friday, Sept. 21 -- Know Your Numbers (Cholesterol, Testosterone, Obesity & Nutrition) Day Saturday, Sept. 22 -- New Horizons (Innovation, Research & Upcoming Treatment Options) Day

SOURCE Prostate Cancer Education Council
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