Men aged 40 and over should begin asking their family doctor about a prostate exam.
This month is also known as Movember, representing the moustache growing movement to raise awareness of prostate cancer.
Survivor Charlie Taylor says this disease affects more people than you think.
“One in seven men in Canada will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and I believe in New Brunswick alone it’s 750 men in 2017 will be diagnosed with the disease,” says Taylor.
He says you shouldn’t wait for symptoms before getting yourself checked out.
“I had absolutely no symptoms whatsoever to prostate cancer when I was diagnosed,” says Taylor. “So it is so important to get that PSA done and that digital rectal exam so if it’s there they can catch it early.”
He says while he doesn’t mean to project hopelessness, Taylor cautions that often times waiting until you show symptoms can mean you’ve waited too long.
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