�Fourteen retired National Football League (NFL) players took charge of their prostate health by getting screened for prostate gland cancer during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival and game, which took place August 2-3 in Canton, Ohio. The screening represented the kickoff of a prostate gland cancer research and awareness initiative launched by the AUA Foundation and funded by the NFL Player Care Foundation.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 2, 14 retired NFL players were screened by urologists, phlebotomists and an oncologist at Aultman Hospital in Canton.
This prostate wellness research and awareness program is unitary in a series of recent programs that the NFL and the NFL Players Association have initiated to come up to the medical needs of retired players. Funding for some of these inquiry and education programs comes from the NFL Player Care Foundation, which was created in 2007 in part to address health and quality of life issues encountered by retired players.
The AUA Foundation was also represent at the Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival to provide prostate cancer information to thousands of fans outside Fawcett Stadium over the line of the weekend.
"Prostate malignant neoplastic disease is the most unwashed cancer poignant men in the United States," said AUA Foundation Executive Director Sandra Vassos, MPA. "We are so pleased that the NFL Player Care Foundation has made consciousness for this disease a priority and that we can help facilitate this initiative."
"Retired NFL players should be proud that they are pickings charge of their health and helping as leadership in the community. We hope that this research will encourage other workforce to get screened for prostate cancer," Vassos added.
More than 27,000 work force will die from prostate gland cancer in 2008, according to the AUA Foundation. Screening and early sensing is the best vindication against the disease. Prostate cancer is most treatable when institute early. The American Urological Association (AUA) recommends yearly screening starting at historic period 50. African-American men and those with a family history of the disease are at a greater risk and should begin screening earlier.
About the AUA Foundation
Originally established in 1987, the Foundation is the chancellor provider and resource for the most current, comprehensive and true urologic wellness information. We advocate and educate to empower physicians and the public to progress toward the highest quality bar, detection and treatment of urologic diseases. With the support and the intensity level of more than 16,000 mD members of the American Urological Association, the AUA Foundation strives to make certain that those wHO suffer from urologic atmospheric condition can relish the benefit of the highest level of care possible.
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