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to talk to their healthcare provider about prostate screening, including the PSA and DRE tests. Let others know about the risks of prostate cancer and the potential benefits of screening. Posters, fact sheets, and a social media tool kit, for use year round at your place of worship, where you work, and for your fraternity or sorority, can all be downloaded for free at the www.ProstateCancerAwarenessMonth.com web site. You can learn more about prostate cancer and other cancers in minority communities, at the Office of Minority Health, http:// www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov. You can also ask questions of Nathan, the virtual prostate cancer expert at CDC, https://www. cdc.gov/cancer/prostate. A federally staffed panel of experts, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF), makes recommendations about screenings that healthcare provid-
THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS September 2, 2021 - September 8, 2021 • 25 ers look to for guidance. The Task Force cancer screening in following years. The bottom line? Having an annual has recommended that men aged 55-69 For younger men, more than 30 states prostate exam, including a PSA test, just should speak to their healthcare provid- require that insurance companies offer- might save your life. No matter what age er about using the PSA test to screen for ing health insurance in their state pro- you are, an annual PSA test creates a prostate cancer. But Men’s Health Net- vide coverage for prostate cancer tests. benchmark to judge future tests against. work, many other patient advocate orga- Insurance companies may offer prostate No insurance and limited funds? Watch nizations, and many healthcare providers cancer screening in the remaining states for free screenings in your area. Many think that doesn’t go far enough. but are not required to do so. healthcare providers, hospitals, clinics, Men’s Heath Network urges the folWhen you receive your PSA test results, and health fairs offer free prostate screenlowing men to talk to their healthcare ask the healthcare provider what your PSA ings in September and at other times provider about routine prostate cancer number is, write it down, and compare it during the year. screening: against future tests. If the number goes up in Take any opportunity you can to Get It • All men over age 50, and at age 40 for Af- future tests, talk to your healthcare provider. Checked (www.GetItChecked.com). rican Americans and others at high risk Resources • Men with a family history of prostate cancer Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: www.ProstateCancerAwarenessMonth.com • Veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and Prostate Health Guide: www.ProstateHealthGuide.com • Men exposed to pesticides and certain Get It Checked (screening guidelines for men and for women): other chemicals. www.GetItChecked.com If you are on Medicare, prostate cancer PCORI. treatment options explained: screening is a part of your “Welcome to www.pcori.org/evidence-updates/for-patients-early-stage-and-localized-prostate-cancer Medicare” physical, the free comprehenTalking about Men’s Health: www.TalkingAboutMensHealth.com sive physical exam you receive in your first Men’s Health Network: www.MensHealthNetwork.org year of eligibility. But you may have to ask for the “Welcome” physical since many Ana Fadich Tomsic, MPH, CHES, is vice www.ProstateCancerAwarenessMonth.com healthcare providers don’t know about president, Men’s Heath Network and manis managed by it. Medicare continues to cover prostate ages the organization’s day to day activities. Men’s Health Network
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