8 out of 10 men in their 40s or older “do not have prostate cancer screening”

Prostate cancer awareness survey conducted on 600 men over 40 years of age with the Korean Urological Medicine Foundation and the Korean Urological Oncology Association No. 1 Reason for Unchecked 'No symptoms', most of the respondents can miss prostate cancer without early symptoms.

Eight out of 10 men over 40 had never had a prostate cancer screening.

As part of the Blue Ribbon Campaign to raise awareness of prostate cancer, the Korea Urological Foundation and the Korean Society for Urology Oncology conducted a survey of 600 men and women over 40 years of age to recognize prostate cancer and screening.

As a result, males in their 40s and over who belong to high-risk prostate cancer have less screening experience and lack of awareness of screening.

Prostate cancer is the only cancer among men with rapid aging and westernized eating habits, and it became the fourth most common cancer among men in Korea, beating liver cancer in 2016.

83.3% no screening test for prostate cancer, the reason for no screening was 'no symptoms', and 83.3% (500) of the respondents had never had a screening test for prostate cancer, and 1 out of 3 did not know how to screen for prostate cancer

Turned out to be unknown.

The reason they did not receive prostate cancer screening was because they did not have symptoms of prostate cancer (61.8%), because they were healthy (31.2%), and because they thought they were included in the national cancer screening (27.2%) (1,

Second-order duplicate response).

Half of the respondents (50.2%) thought they would not develop prostate cancer because they had no family history (26.2%) and no urinary disease (21.9%).

However, since prostate cancer has almost no initial symptoms, even if there is no symptom, men over 50 years old or men with a family history of 40 years or older are recommended to have blood tests regularly through blood tests once a year.

Nine out of ten people did not know about the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test for early diagnosis of prostate cancer. Only 9.7% (58 people) recognized the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test.

The PSA test is a test used mainly for early detection because it can determine prostate cancer through a simple blood test.

However, 63.8% (383) of the respondents thought that the cost of the PSA test was higher than the actual cost of 10,000 won.

97.7% of respondents include prostate cancer 'National Cancer Screening' Hope Prostate cancer is not included in the National Cancer Screening (Stomach, Breast, Cervical Cancer, Liver Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer)

I thought it included.

The third reason for the prostate cancer screening was also 'because it was included in the national cancer screening (27.2%)'.

97.7% (586) of the respondents hoped to be included in the prostate cancer screening after providing relevant information.

Jeon Sung-soo, chairman of the Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

"If prostate cancer is found early and has a high survival rate and a variety of treatment options to choose from, men over 50 should receive regular check-ups."