Responding to the universal health check program in Ho Chi Minh City, in order to detect early, treat effectively and raise awareness about prostate cancer, on April 20, Binh Dan Hospital announced that the hospital is coordinating with relevant units to deploy free prostate cancer screening for 1,000 people.
The program is for men aged 50 and men aged 40 whose fathers and brothers have prostate cancer.
Participants are completely free of service: in-depth examination and consultation with a urologist; total PSA quantitative test in the blood ("golden index" in prostate cancer screening) and general abdominal ultrasound (prostate examination).
The program is implemented from April 20 until it receives enough 1,000 people.
Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City added that according to data from Globocan 2022, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men globally with more than 1.47 million new cases each year. In Vietnam, this disease ranks 4th among the most common cancers in men.
More worryingly, the rate of age-standardization in Vietnam is lower than in European and American countries, but the mortality rate is alarmingly high. The main reason is subjective psychology, causing the majority of patients to only go for examination and are diagnosed when they are in a late stage, limiting the effectiveness of treatment.
