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September 24 • 2009

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September is prostate cancer
awareness month.
Prostate cancer survivor Daniel
McColl, 41, of Farmington Hills can
attest to the value of early detection.
McColl received a cancer diagno-
sis in July 2008 and was treated at
Karmanos earlier this year. He is now
cancer-free, but said the diagnosis
was a complete shock.
"I thought I was going to die," he
said. "I had no symptoms and at 40
years of age, when someone tells you
you have cancer, your heart sinks and
your stomach drops. I was in the best
shape of my life."
Michael L.
Cher, M.D.,
chief of Urology
at Karmanos
Cancer Center
and chairman of
the Department
of Urology at
Dr. Cher
Wayne State
University School

of Medicinein Detroit, said McColl's
lack of symptoms is very common.
"In the vast majority of cases,
prostate cancer is asymptomatic for
a long time," he said. "That is why
screening tests are important in
detecting prostate cancer."
Cher recommends that every
man 50 years and older should have
annual prostate cancer screening,
which includes a digital rectal exam-
ination performed by a doctor and a
PSA reading, which entails a simple
blood test. Men with a family his-
tory of cancer risk or who are black
should begin annual screenings at
the age of 40.
The prostate is an organ com-
posed of microscopic glands located
underneath the bladder. It is respon-
sible for producing a portion of the
fluid in semen. Prostate cancer is a
disordered growth of those glands
in prostate tissue. Approximately 65
percent of men who are diagnosed
with prostate cancer are 65 or older,
according to the Prostate Cancer
Foundation. Cher said prostate can-
cer develops due to subtle hormonal
imbalances that occur as men age,
combined with prolonged lifelong
exposure to agents in the environ-
ment that may trigger cancer devel-
opment.

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