(Atlanta, GA) — Men who avoid prostate cancer screening, especially those over fifty or with a family history of prostate cancer, face a 45-percent higher risk of dying from the disease. That’s what an analysis of data from seven European countries is showing.
PSA screening and digital rectal exams can identify prostate cancer in the earliest stages when it’s most treatable. Researchers say getting tested can lower a man’s risk of death by 20-percent.
The American Cancer Society says prostate cancer killed 35-thousand men in the U.S. last year, making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men, after lung cancer.
