Memorial Health offering free prostate cancer screenings

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Memorial Health, in partnership with SIU Medicine and Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois, are offering free prostate cancer screenings next month. 

The screenings will be on Friday, September 12 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at SIU Urology, 302 W. Hay St. in Decatur. 

The screenings include a prostate-specific antigen blood test and digital rectal exam. 

In the U.S., more than 250,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. Screenings are recommended for all men ages 50 to 69, African American men ages 40 to 60, and men with a family history of prostate cancer ages 40 to 69. 

No appointment is necessary. 

For more information, call (217) 876-4749. 

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