Community Memorial Offering Free Prostate Cancer Screenings

Community Memorial Hospital’s Cancer Care Center will host free prostate cancer screenings this month. 

Screenings will be held from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, but Space is limited and by appointment only. Register by calling (800) 272-3666. These free screenings are sponsored by Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Network, Community Memorial Foundation and St. Joseph’s Community Foundation.

A simple blood test called a prostate specific antigen test and a digital rectal exam are currently the best screening methods available for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer screening is safe and painless and can detect prostate cancer early, when it is most treatable. Individuals most at risk for prostate cancer include:

• All men ages 55-69
• African-American men ages 40-69
• Men ages 40-69 who have risk factors such as a family history (father or brother who has had prostate cancer)