Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at TGMC Offers Free Prostate Screenings

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September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month   According to the American Cancer Society, other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is by far the leading cancer among men in the United States. African-American men are at highest risk for this type of cancer. During September, National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center […]

Prostate Cancer Most Frequently Diagnosed Cancer in Men

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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at St. Tammany Parish Hospital offers free prostate cancer screening   According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among men in Louisiana, but if caught early the five-year survival rate is close to 100 percent. African-American men have a two-thirds higher incidence of […]