President Biden’s recent diagnosis serves as reminder for men to screen for prostate cancer

Common cancer for men is treatable.
Published: May 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM CDT
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - About one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lives, with roughly one in 44 men dying from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society.

In light of former President Joe Biden’s recent prostate cancer diagnosis, men are reminded to get a prostate cancer screening. A urologist at Monument Health, Bradley Anderson, M.D., recommends men should be screened with a prostate-specific antigen or PSA blood test starting at age 50.

For someone with a family history of prostate cancer or who is African American, it’s recommended that they get screened at age 40.

“In the vast majority of cases, there are no signs or symptoms; it’s a completely silent cancer during that time,” said Anderson. “And that’s why the screening is important, because the only way you’re going to catch prostate cancer in a time frame when you can cure it is if you’re doing the screening with a PSA blood test and prostate examination every year.”

Anderson said, today, it’s rare for someone to die from prostate cancer after being detected on time, and treated in an appropriate fashion.

Anyone who should have a prostate cancer screening can visit Monument Health Urology at 2805 Fifth Street.

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