Central Carolina Hospital offers free preventive screenings for prostate cancer four times a year in conjunction with the Prostate Cancer Support Group of Lee County. The screenings include a prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test. Results are mailed the following week.

All men are welcome, but those strongly encouraged to participate in this screening include:

• Men 50 years of age or older
• African American men 45 years of age or older, and
• Men 45 years of age or older who have a brother or father who has had prostate cancer

Men who are currently undergoing treatment for prostate cancer are not eligible for this screening.

We are currently planning our PSA schedule for 2009 and that information will be posted here. Traditionally, our first PSA of the year is in May at the Relay for Life event.

For more information, contact CCH's Marketing Department at (919) 774-2194.