Dinniman, Brubaker to Host Prostate Cancer Awareness Event ...

WEST CHESTER (September 26) ? State Senators Andy Dinniman and Mike Brubaker will hold a Prostate Cancer Awareness event on Tuesday, September 27 at noon in the Capitol East Wing Rotunda in Harrisburg.

Dinniman and Brubaker, both prostate cancer survivors, will help raise awareness about the disease and encourage men to recognize the indicators and risks of prostate cancer, the leading type of cancer in Pennsylvania men.

Dinniman, who underwent successful prostate cancer surgery this year, said that the statistics he learned about the disease upon his diagnosis were eye-opening.

It is estimated that nearly 2 million American men are living with prostate cancer. It strikes 1 in 6 men. In fact, a non-smoking man is more likely to develop prostate cancer than he is to develop colon, bladder, melanoma, lymphoma and kidney cancers combined, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

?Understandably, this is not an issue that most men feel comfortable talking about, but it?s one that affects so very many of us,? Dinniman said. ?Often it is very curable, and the outcome is always better if it is caught earlier. The bottom line is being alive and healthy is worth a little discomfort in your doctor?s office. As men, we owe it to ourselves, as well as to our children and families, to get checked out.?

?Health care professionals agree that early diagnosis is the key to successful treatment for prostate cancer,? said Brubaker, who underwent successful surgery for the disease in 2008. ?I hope that this event will help more men identify the signs and symptoms of prostate cancer to prevent this disease from claiming more lives.?

Dinniman and Brubaker also introduced a resolution recognizing September as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month today.

For more information contact Senator Dinniman?s District Office at (610) 692-2112, or e-mail acirucci@pasenate.com

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Source: http://www.pasenate.com/?p=5574

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