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Father’s
Day Gift: Encourage Dad to go for Prostate
Screening
Newswise — Instead of another tie or garden
tool, a more meaningful gift for Dad this
Father’s Day is good prostate health.
Experts at The Cancer Institute of New
Jersey (CINJ) say one way to promote that is
to encourage Dad to get checked for prostate
cancer, whether through his doctor or
through a community screening. CINJ is a
Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School.
According to the American Cancer Society,
prostate cancer is the most frequently
diagnosed cancer in men, other than skin
cancer, and the second leading cause of
cancer death in males.
It is estimated that approximately 192,000
new cases of prostate cancer will occur in
the United States this year, with 27,000
deaths.
In New Jersey, 6,000 new cases of prostate
cancer will be diagnosed, while 660 men will
die from the disease. African American men
are at a higher risk of developing prostate
cancer.
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