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EARLY DETECTION- PROSTATE CANCER
DR. PAUL ESPY, UROLOGIST, BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH

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AS THIS MONTH WE FOCUS ON MEN’S HEALTH, LET’S TALK ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS …..IT’S THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH IN MEN… ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

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MEN SHOULD TALK TO THEIR DOCTOR ABOUT THEIR RISK FACTORS AND WHEN TO START SCREENING.

MEN WITH FAMILY HISTORY AND AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN ARE TYPICALLY AT A HIGHER RISK AND SHOULD CONSIDER SCREENING AT AN EARLIER AGE.

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DR. PAUL ESPY
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE

“A lot of people just feel like, ‘Well if I’m not having anything detrimental happening or really any bad symptoms that I should be okay. But unfortunately, if those symptoms are happening... blood in the urine, difficulty urinating, pain in the bones... that’s often the sign of advanced or metastatic prostate cancer.”

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ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER IS NOT CURABLE WHICH IS WHY EARLY DETECTION IS IMPORTANT.

THE C-D-C WARNS OUT OF EVERY 100 AMERICAN MEN, ABOUT 13 WILL GET PROSTATE CANCER DURING THEIR LIFETIME, AND TWO TO THREE MEN WILL DIE FROM PROSTATE CANCER.