KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) is urging a change of attitude among Jamaican men towards screening for prostate cancer, the leading cancer-related cause of death in adult males locally.
According to Dr Nicola Skyers, Director, Non-Communicable Disease and Injury Prevention Unit, MOHW, prostate cancer screening is not yet where it should be in Jamaica.
“The National Screening Guidelines for Priority Non-Communicable Diseases in Primary Health Care recommend that men start screening for prostate cancer at age 40 years, with digital rectal examinations and prostate specific antigen (blood) tests.
“Our men therefore need to have regular health checks to be guided by our clinicians through the recommended screening process,” Skyers said in a news release.
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