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Men 50 and older have a digital rectal examination (DRE) as part of their
regular annual physical checkup. |
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Men 50 and older have an annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test. |
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Men in the following categories begin annual DREs and PSA blood tests at age
45:
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Men of African-American descent. (Prostate cancer is about twice as common in
African- American men as it is among white American men.) |
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Men with a family history of prostate cancer. (Having a father or brother with
prostate cancer increases the risk of developing the disease.) |
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Men with multiple, immediate relatives with the disease could begin testing at
age 40. |
