• You are an African American. African American men and Jamaican men of African descent have the highest prostate cancer incidence rates in the world.
• You live in North America or Northwestern Europe, where the disease is more common than in Asia, Africa, Central America, and South America.
• Your father and/or brother(s) had or have prostate cancer.
Be aware of possible symptoms that may appear between your annual tests. Having one or more of the following symptoms may not indicate prostate cancer-but then again, it might.
Do you:
• Need to urinate frequently, especially at night?
• Have difficulty starting urination or holding back urine?
• Have an inability to urinate?
• Have weak or interrupted urine flow?
• Have painful or burning urination?
• Have difficulty achieving an erection?
• Have painful ejaculation?
• Have blood in your urine or semen?
• Have frequent pain or stiffness in the lower back, hips, or upper thighs?
