Men Over 40 Urged to Get Prostate Screening:
Sep 5, 2008
Downstate Offering Free Screenings Sep. 15 - 18
Brooklyn, NY - Men, wouldn't you be relieved to know that your prostate is in good health? Your family as well would be happy to learn that you care enough about them to get yourself checked. The time to act is now. It's quick and easy, and it's free.
The great news is that prostate cancer is a very curable if detected early. Getting screened for prostate cancer will ensure 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. Men with a family history of prostate cancer are at higher risk, as are men of African decent, who are at twice the risk of other men.
Again this year, during Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (PCAW), a national program of the Prostate Cancer Education Council, SUNY Downstate Medical Center will be conducting free prostate cancer screenings from September 15 - 19, 2008. No appointment is needed.
| DATE | TIME | LOCATION |
| Monday, Sept. 15th | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Throop Center for Health Care Services 613 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn |
| 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Family Health Services 840 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn |
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| 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Suite I (Eye) 470 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn |
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| Tuesday, Sept. 16th | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Throop Center for Health Care Services 613 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn |
| 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Suite I (Eye) 470 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn |
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| Wednesday, Sept. 17th | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Throop Center for Health Care Services 613 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Suite I (Eye) 470 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn |
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| Thursday, Sept. 18th | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Throop Center for Health Care Services 613 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn |
| 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Suite I 470 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn |
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| Friday, Sept. 19th | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Suite I (Eye) 470 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn |
| 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Throop Center for Health Care Services 613 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn |
For additional information call: (718) 270-8846.
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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.