10th Annual Free Prostate Cancer Screening at St. Vincent's Promotes Early Detection
07/07/2009
Contact: Mary Mooney
(212) 604-2675
June 16, 2009, New York, NY - This year marks the tenth consecutive year that St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan is conducting its free annual prostate cancer screening for men 50 and older, and men over 40 who are at high-risk for prostate cancer. Beginning on Tuesday, June 23nd, men can receive a free PSA test -prostate-specific antigen test - at seven sites served by St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan.
'This is such an important and easy test for men to get every year to check for prostate cancer,' said Dr. Michael Grasso, chair of urology at St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan. 'Families can encourage their fathers to be tested as part of their Father's Day gift to him. If caught early, prostate cancer is very treatable.'
The PSA test is a simple blood test; St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan will take a blood sample and send the results within 3-4 weeks. Last year, nearly 2,000 men from the community received a free test from St. Vincent's.
According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 192,280 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2009. About 27,360 men will die of this disease. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, behind only lung cancer. However, unlike many cancers, prostate cancer progresses slowly and if caught early, there are several effective treatment options available.
Those interested in receiving the free test can RSVP to 1-800-CARE-421, and walk-ins are also welcome. Testing will be available at the following locations and dates:
Hudson Guild Fulton Center
119 9th Avenue (at 17th Street)
Tuesday, June 23
2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
St. Vincent's Manhattan - O'Toole Building
36 7th Avenue (12th and 13th Street), 5th Floor
Tuesday, June 23 and Wednesday, June 24
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center
325 West 15th Street (8th and 9th Avenue)
Wednesday, June 24
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Daily News Building
450 West 33rd Street (9th and 10th Avenue)
Wednesday, June 24
11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
Benevolence Association
62 Mott Street
Friday, June 26
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Church of the Village
201 West 13th Street (Corner of 7th Avenue)
Saturday, June 27
10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
McBurney YMCA
125 West 14th Street (6th and 7th Avenue)
Sunday, June 28
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
About Saint Vincent's
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (Saint Vincent's) is anchored by St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, an academic medical center located in Greenwich Village and the only emergency room on the Westside of Manhattan from Midtown to Tribeca, St. Vincent's Westchester, a behavioral health hospital in Westchester County, and continuing care services that include two skilled nursing facilities in Brooklyn, another on Staten Island, a hospice, and a home health agency serving the Metropolitan New York area. Its behavioral health services also provide supportive housing programs for people with mental illness throughout the Metropolitan area. Saint Vincent's is the designated provider for the New York and New Jersey region of the US Family Health Plan sponsored by the US Department of Defense.
Saint Vincent's serves as the academic medical center of New York Medical College in New York City. The healthcare organization is sponsored by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn and the president of the Sisters of Charity of New York.
