FREE PROSTATE SCREENINGS SEP. 17 TO SEP 21
Sep 10, 2007
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. SUNY Downstate Medical Center will offer free prostate cancer screenings at various times and locations in Brooklyn from September 17-21. This service is available to men age 40 and older.
The good news is that prostate cancer is a very curable if detected early. Physicians can detect prostate cancer early if men do their part. Getting screened for prostate cancer will ensure you the best possible chance of leading a long and healthy life even if you have prostate cancer. If you do have prostate cancer, there are many options for treatment, most of which are non-surgical
If you are a man over the age of 40, you need to be screened for prostate cancer. Men with a family history of prostate cancer are at higher risk, as are men of African descent, who are at twice the risk of other men.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week is a national program of the Prostate Cancer Education Council. Call 718-270-8846 or 718-270-3739 for more details.
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About SUNY Downstate Medical Center
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, founded in 1860, was the first medical school in the United States to bring teaching out of the lecture hall and to the patient’s bedside. A center of innovation and excellence in research and clinical service delivery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center comprises a College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, a School of Graduate Studies, School of Public Health, University Hospital of Brooklyn, and a multifaceted biotechnology initiative including the Downstate Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT for early-stage and more mature companies, respectively.
SUNY Downstate ranks twelfth nationally in the number of alumni who are on the faculty of American medical schools. More physicians practicing in New York City have graduated from SUNY Downstate than from any other medical school.