More men need prostate cancer testing

Filed under: Prostate CancerIn Canada, health officials are wanting more men in the high-risk group (most likely, middle aged) to get screened for Prostate Cancer. Why? Well, only two in every five men in that country from within that group apparently have tested for Prostate Cancer in the past year. That's just too low.

An astounding 39 percent (only) of men over the age of 45 have taken blood tests to measure the prostate specific antigen levels, with only 33 percent having undergone a digital rectal exam.

In other words, there could be a lot more undiagnosed prostate problems under development with such a low amount of high-risk men being tested.

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