(Rockville Centre, NY) - Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre is offering a free prostate cancer screening for community residents on Wednesday, October 24th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the hospital’s St. Anne’s Center.

Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American men, other than skin cancer, with the American Cancer Society estimating that there will be more than 200,000 new cases in the United States this year. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men behind lung cancer, and projected to take more than 27,000 lives this year.

However, with early diagnosis and treatment, the American Cancer Society says that although one of out every six men will develop prostate cancer during his lifetime, only one man in 35 will die of the disease. More than two million men in the United States who have had prostate cancer at some point are still alive today. And the death rate for prostate cancer is going down, as the disease is found earlier.

There is no charge for the screening, but advance registration is required.
To register for an appointment, please call: (516)705-2210.

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For immediate release, contact: Mel Granick
Phone: 516-705-2618
E-Mail: mel.granick@chsli.org