Highly recommend undergoing annual physicals and bloodwork (PSA) to build a database.

I started getting PSA results in my late 30s. My PSA was always around 1.0. At age 53, it was suddenly 3.0, not a high number. But the slope was a flag.

A biopsy consisting of 12 “staple gun” shots into the gland produced one slice showing cancer. “It’s as early as we ever detect it ….. we could easily have missed it.”

A robot removed the gland, guided by an experienced and talented surgeon and team. I was back to work two days later. Dealing with a catheter for a week was unpleasant, but post surgery lab analysis revealed that the removed gland was only 5% cancerous.

The point is that annual PSA testing and building a database helped identify the cancer at a very early stage.