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| LOYOLA TO OFFER FREE PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS AS PART OF PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTHS IN SEPTEMBER |
| Screenings will include blood tests and exams by Loyola urologists, assistance with follow-up care if needed |
| MAYWOOD, Ill. -- More than 39,000 American men will die this year of prostate cancer. Early detection can dramatically increase a man’s chances of survival. Men should be screened for prostate cancer annually after age 50 -- even earlier if they are African Americans, who have the highest rate of the disease and the lowest rate of survival. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and to help fight the deadly disease, Loyola University Health System will be offering free prostate cancer screenings. The screenings will include blood tests and exams by urologists. Participants will be notified of the results of their blood tests by mail. If your test is abnormal, Loyola medical staff will contact you by phone to help arrange follow-up care.The screenings will take place from 3-7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 at the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, which is on the campus of Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood.Appointment times are limited and registration is required. Call (888) LUHS-888 to register. Parking is available in the parking lot of the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center. Valet and self-parking are $4. The screening is not recommended for men currently under the care of an urologist.
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| Based in the western suburbs of Chicago, Loyola University Health System is a quaternary care system with a 61-acre main medical center campus, the 36-acre Gottlieb Memorial Hospital campus and 28 primary and specialty care facilities in Cook, Will and DuPage counties. The medical center campus is conveniently located in Maywood, 13 miles west of the Chicago Loop and 8 miles east of Oak Brook, Ill. The heart of the medical center campus, Loyola University Hospital, is a 569-licensed-bed facility. It houses a Level 1 Trauma Center, a Burn Center and the Ronald McDonald� Childrens Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center. Also on campus are the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola Outpatient Center, Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine and Loyola Oral Health Center as well as the LUC Stritch School of Medicine, the LUC Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the Loyola Center for Fitness. Loyola's Gottlieb Memorial Hospital campus in Melrose Park includes the 264-bed community hospital, the Gottlieb Center for Fitness and the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Care Center.
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