Detection

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian men. In alberta one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime and eight men die every week of the same disease. When detected early, it is also one of the most successfully treated types of cancer. Our mission is to ensure that all men are educated about their choices and the importance of testing for prostate cancer.

Get Checked Timeline:

The Prostate Cancer Centre recommends men should have a baseline PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test at age 40. PSA is a substance produced by the prostate and released in small amounts to the bloodstream.
 
If your doctor is not concerned with the result of your PSA test and there is no family history of prostate cancer, you should be tested every five years until age 50.  Both PSA and DRE tests are recommended.

After age 50, both PSA tests and Digital Rectal Examinations (DRE) should be performed annually.
Keeping track of your PSA score is important.  This will enable your physician to monitor trends in your PSA level.

Where can you have a PSA Test?

      You can have your PSA test:
     -At a local health services laboratory if ordered by your doctor
     -During scheduled baseline PSA clinics at the Prostate Cancer Centre
     -In the Prostate Cancer Centre Man Van

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Physicians accepting new patients

The MAN VAN offers free baseline PSA tests for men over 40 who havne't had a PSA test for the past three years. Clinics are limited to the first 50 men, rainchecks are available.  Check the MAN VAN TRACKER on the right of this page to find the next clinic near you- for more information please call Linda @ (403)943-8869.

Downloadable PSA/MAN VAN brochure

Thanks to Kelly Hrudy, Ken Reed and Dave Kelly who have all climbed into our boxer shorts to encourage other men over 40 to "GET CHECKED".

THANKS FOR BEING PROACTIVE WITH YOUR HEALTH - EARLY DETECTION SAVES LIVES!