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DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Officials with Memorial Health say more than 250,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year.

 

So, Memorial Health, in partnership with SIU Medicine and Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois, is providing free prostate screenings in September.

On Friday, September 13th, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the SIU Urology building in Decatur will offer a free prostate cancer screening.

 

The screenings include a digital rectal exam and a prostate-specific antigen blood test. Health providers say all men aged 50 to 69, except for African American men and those with a family history, need to be screened. Those men should get screened by age 40.

 

There is no need to make an appointment; for more information, call 217-876-4749.

 

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