Senator John Flanagan (2nd Senate District) is joining with Stony Brook University Medical Center’s Department of Urology to provide men throughout our community with free prostate screenings to commemorate Prostate Cancer Awareness week, which begins on Sunday, September 14th. The department’s Prostate Care Program, under the direction of Medical Director Howard L. Adler, will offer the screenings from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on Monday, September 15th at the Stony Brook Urology office located in Suite 500 at 24 Research Way in Setauket.
Since appointments are required and limited, residents who wish to take advantage of this free program are urged to call HealthConnect at 631-444-4000 to schedule their screening. To help meet demand, the Prostate Care Program will extend this free screening event to Tuesday if necessary.
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), prostate cancer is the most common cancer, other than skin cancers, in American men and is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer. In total, prostate cancer accounts for about 9% of cancer-related deaths in men.
The ACS estimates that during this year, over 186,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and over 28,000 American men will die of prostate cancer this year alone.
That is why early detection is so important and offers men with prostate cancer the best chance at long-term survival. Due to early detection and awareness, while 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, only 1 man in 35 will die of it.
"Early detection plays a huge role in surviving any cancer and annual testing is an easy way to protect yourself. This is statistically a disease that can be beaten if caught early and I thank Stony Brook University for providing this important program," stated Senator Flanagan.
The Stony Brook Medical Center’s Department of Urology recommends annual testing for all men over the age of 50. For African-American men and men with a family history of prostate cancer, annual screenings should begin at 40.
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