PSA and awareness

I'm Co-President of the New Prostate Cancer Coalition. We go out into the communities in NH to encourage men to be aware of the signs that indicate they need their prostate checked. We do encourage them to have their PSA checked annually during their wellness exam.
We also encourage men who have experienced prostate cancer to speak about it.
In May were are having a panel discussion on our community TV station about prostate cancer. My urologist will be the medical guest.
We recommend that men who are dealing with the collateral damage cause my the removal of the prostate gland to join a support group so they share their story and hear what other are going through, or have over come the same problems.
My Co-President is a women who lost her husband to prostate cancer because he refused to have his PSA checked. When they diagnosed him with prostate cancer it had matastasized throughout hus body. He died 3 years later. This has made us realize that we also need to encourage the women in men's lives to insist that they have their PSA checked annually. Women are much more proactive then men about their health.
We also have literature explaining signs, statistics on, and treatments for PC. We also explain that genetic links and family history are important to understand. If men in your family have had PC, or if women in your family have had breast cancer younger men have a much greater likelihood of developing PC. African-American males are also at a higher risk factor for developing PC.
This is a battle NHPCC has been engaged in for 25 years. Personally I have been involved for eight years. I am more encouraged at every public event that men and the women in their lives are more aware and more proactive about prostate cancer.