Living Well: Surviving prostate cancer

Feel well? Screen for prostate cancer anyway

It is one of the top cancers among men in Singapore, with few symptoms in the early stages

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Screening for prostate cancer saves lives, say doctors and cancer survivors.

This was the case for retired marine engineer Victor Tay, 68, who learnt he had prostate cancer only after going for a free health screening in 2016.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 08, 2021, with the headline Feel well? Screen for prostate cancer anyway. Subscribe