Doctors encourage prostate cancer blood test for younger men

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The American Cancer Society is recommending more regular blood test screenings for prostate cancer among younger men as diagnoses of the disease rise nationwide.

Men between the ages of 50 and 69 should get tested for prostate cancer every other year, but those at higher risk, including black men and those with family histories of the disease, should be tested annually, according to new guidance from the ACS.

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