From the Cobb County Public Library Program:
“In partnership with Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Cobb County Public Library will host the Winship Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening bus at seven libraries in May and June.
“To eliminate barriers to prostate cancer detection and care, this Winship initiative provides no cost, on-the-go PSA screenings to men throughout Georgia. The screenings – a blood test, no physical exam – are for men ages 40-75.”
Those screenings include a session on Wednesday, May 13, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m, at Gritters Library (880 Shaw Park Drive).
The initial screening is May 6 at the Switzer Library in downtown Marietta, and will include a panel discussion program featuring the Winship Cancer Institute and Cobb and Douglas Public Health, along with former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, a leader in forming the coalition.
“Prostate cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the state of Georgia,” said Dr. Martin Sanda, the Louis McDonald Orr Distinguished Professor of Urology at Emory University School of Medicine and director of the Prostate Cancer Program at Winship Cancer Institute.
“The Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening team of Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute, with support from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, is thrilled to partner with Cobb County Public Library system to bring our mobile prostate cancer screening unit to libraries in Cobb County,” Dr. Sanda said.
The library partnership will “facilitate access for men to undergo the simple PSA blood test as a powerful screening test that can help identify men at risk for prostate cancer, for whom our team is committed to enabling more detailed follow-up for those who would benefit from further care, based on results of the screening.”
For more information about the screenings at Cobb libraries, click here and here.
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